[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: HP regional groups (Philly)

[heidit at netbox.com]

In a message dated 8/18/01 11:42:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jfaulkne at eden.rutgers.edu writes:


> > This New Yorker would love to travel to Philly (I've never been!) to meet 
> up 
> > with yall, assuming that I'm in the country :D
> 
> I grew up in NJ, and had never been to Philly before starting school
> down here.  It's a nice city, even if it isn't NYC. *g* I adore South
> St.  The radio stations are great (better selection, I think, than in
> New York), esp. WXPN (the NPR-affiliated station that broadcasts from
> Penn), which kicks serious ass.
> 
> You should definitely come and meet up with us, John -- and anyone else
> from the NY group who wants to.  From the city, it's probably a 3 1/2 hr
> drive to Philly?  3 hours by train?  (NJ Transit's rates are
> reasonable.)  Maybe we should try to do some initial planning on the NY
> list, Barb?
> 
> Hmm, what we should've planned was a meeting at the Jersey shore...
> 

And anyone from Washington DC, Delaware, Maryland and certain parts of 
Conencticut might want to join teh Philly group as well. 
In terms of distance, I wish I could remember the mileage from my DC 
apartment to the PENN campus - I used to know this - but on Metroliner, from 
penn Station in NYC to 30th Street in Philly, it's less than an hour, 
assuming it's running on time...


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