I WAS THAT GIRL...last night

Rob and I went to dinner last night on  a double date night with Shayla and her husband, Jeff.  We met out at a local bar/restaurant that just happened to have Karaoke going on in the bar part of the restaurant.  Well, I had to sing.  Shayla, Rob and Jeff were all helping decide which song I should  sing and Rob said, how about ACDC. Great!  I had never sung this particular song, "Shook Me All Night Long" but I had heard it a zillion times at weddings, parties, rock stations...ya know, like a zillion times.  My stage name is Brandy Alexander so when I heard my name after about 4 beers, I went up to sing.  Not nervous at all.  Rob was camera man with his phone.  Well, about half way or more into the song and dance, which included swinging my hair around, shaking my booty, and singing, I FELL FLAT ON MY BACK.  Yes, I was that girl last night.  Legs in the air like a turtle on its back. The one that you feel sorry for because she makes a fool of herself and you thank God that it was not you up there.  I must have gotten too low in one of my dips and thud, I was flat on my back.  I looked and felt like a real dumb ass.  I gathered myself, got up from the floor and announced to everyone that this better not be on face book tomorrow.  Not that I am friends with any of those people and I am probably on their face book pages as a laughing stock but there is nothing I can do about it.  I finished what I could of the song and left the stage.  Jeff said he was pissing his pants laughing, Rob missed my fall on the video as I disappeared from his view all of a sudden, and Shayla got a good laugh too.  When I watched the video today, I was laughing at myself  but felt like I was that girl, last night.  I did however, get back up there and sing a redeeming song by Bonnie Raitt, "I Can't Make You Love Me"...they applauded me or just felt sorry for me.

On a whim we took the train to Philadelphia to visit the Mutter Medical Museum.  It was well worth the trip.  Train ride takes 20 minutes.  With limited parking in the city, it was better to walk the 8 blocks to the museum through the city. 

The train travels the Ben Franklin Bridge over the Delaware River



I was born in Philadelphia but raised in New Jersey, I had always worked in Philadelphia so I know center city very well.

We cut through Rittenhouse Square Park which is absolutely beautiful.  People were having lunch, walking their dogs, and napping on the grass. 

People love to dine Alfresco but  I would rather eat indoors to avoid bugs and the heat.  We did eat our Primo turkey and cheese hoagies outside the museum before we went in.



Cue scary music...we have arrived. Rusty, tall, iron gates.  This sign says it all. 

The Mutter Museum is a must see if you ever visit Philadelphia.  It was delightfully full of curiosities and medical oddities which always piques my interest. I have a curiosity cabinet at home which I keep full of interesting (to me) little gadgets and items that I find along my journeys.  I saw some astonishing things today like, a cyclops fetus preserved in a jar, a dried penis(very large) with pubic bone still attached, full skeletal remains of humans, preserved body parts in jars, and a woman with an 8 inch or so horn growing from her forehead...too many things to mention.  Unfortunately, photos were prohibited but you can click here to view a few oddities.  Have a great weekend...I am working.   Monday I will announce the winner for the Shayla Shines  Designs giveaway..view her store here.  Enter the givaway here.