Traveling Man
I’ve been traveling quite a lot during the last four weeks (a week in Philly, a 2 day trip to Cambridge Mass to speak at a small presentation at Harvard, 4 days in Rochester NY, and then a week back in Philly). While in Philly I’ve been working at the Comcast Center. The building has some neat features. There is a huge and amazing high-definition screen in the lobby that is a tourist attraction all in itself and shows a rotation of short clips that range from merely cool to eye-popping. On the 43rd and 44th floors is a cafeteria that gives an incredible view of the city and surrounding area (I’m not sure if you can access the cafeteria unless you have a badge). If you are in downtown Philadelphia, it is worth heading over to the corner of 17th street and JFK Boulevard to check it out.
Earlier in the week I was eating lunch at that cafeteria and looked up and saw the Direct TV blimp was circling the Comcast Center, which I thought was pretty funny (since they are direct competitors). I think it would have been ever cooler if they skinned the blimp to make it look like a pirate ship.
On nights I have been bored I’ve started walking down to the Ritz at the Bourse theater, which has a nice selection of independent and foreign films.
If you have any interest in medical books (my interest in sports medicine has certainly increase recently), there is a wide selection of medical books at the Thomas Jefferson University Bookstore at 1099 Chestnut Street. I picked up a copy of The 5 minute Sports Medicine Consult which has been neat to look through.