The Haddonfield Zoo

I first saw this sculpture zoo while driving down Kings Highway earlier this year. I instantly knew that I just had to take Lucy there someday soon. Since it was a high of 75° today, we gals hopped in Roark and took off for an afternoon in Haddonfield. We were the only ones there and Lucy had a blast running around, climbing on the statues and giving them each a new name. We are definitely going back in December!

Christmas-ing with Bella!

Spent the whole day with one of my favourite gals and got to introduce her to LesbiVeggies, which we ate at for lunch and dinner! We hit a couple shops then took a mini-road trip out to Vegan Treats to pick up my order. It was so nice to hang out and share some of the best spots in the area with her. 

Carrie!!

On the way to the library I spotted this fabulous lawn decoration but a few streets over from the Myers house in Haddonfield. I bet it looks rad at night!

Haddonfield with the Gals

Today, for the first time since November of last year, me, Lauryn, and Mel all met up for lunch and some much needed chit-chat. Afterwards we posed for selfies with the Hadrosaurus then spent some time in Inkwood Books. We are already looking to make this a more regular thing and set up a date for October.

Inkwood Books

Bishop and I went to Haddonfield for lunch in Novemeber and some shopping and I finally got a chance to check out the cute bookshop on the main drag. A few weeks after that I went there with Jax and it's definitely my fave local book shop.

Leaf

Leaf in Haddonfield is a fabulous vegan place that Bishop and I visited a handful of weeks ago. I ordered the Avocado Toast and it was divine. Bish let me sneak a couple of his fries and they were equally yummy. I'm definitely going back, that's for sure.

Haddonfield at the Holidays

Haddonfield is such a beautiful town, especially around Christmas. See for yourself.

 

Making the Best of It

Yesterday Jackson and I had big plans. I picked him up at Nana Rose's place at 11:30 to head to Phoenixville to see the 2pm showing of Home Alone. The night before I checked the time it would take to get there from my mother's place and it was about an hour away. Perfect - that meant that even if we hit traffic we would have plenty of time to get there early and chat before the show begins. I also looked up The Colonial Theatre's website to see what other upcoming movies would be playing and saw that Home Alone starts at 1:30, not 2pm. Blah, well, that should still be okay, time-wise. Then as we are leaving Mum's at 11:45ish, Nigel (my iPhone's Siri is set to be an Englishman's voice and Siri just didn't sound right so he was renamed) said that it would actually take about an hour and a half to get to the theatre. Shit. That means if we get stuck in traffic we are gonna hafta race to find a parky spot and dash across the street, get tickets, and rush to our seats in the balcony. I do not like being late for movies. Halfway there when we were stuck in bumper to bumper traffic, I knew I needed a Plan B so that we wouldn't be angry and disappointed if we arrive way too late. "Let's go to The Happy Hippo if we don't make it to the movie in time. Cool?" I think Jackson was more than likely secretly hoping we miss the movie so we could go to the toy store and shop for ourselves.

We made it to Phoenixville, found parking in the third god damn lot we went to, I used all the change in my car which miraculously gave us 2 hours and 6 minutes, then practically ran up the street to the theatre at 1:34. I was so excited that we were under ten minutes late. Then we read this on the door:

"Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!" I shouted, unable to control myself. "What?" asked Jackson, "What is it?" "Read the sign, dude." He took his time, then let his jaw drop and said, "Are you kidding me?" But we didn't let it bring us down. We posed for a sad-face selfie to post on Instagram, then went in to use the bathroom, where more selfies took place, got candy at the concession stand and walked back to the parky lot, snapping a couple pix at the big Christmas tree.

Just as we reached Roark a lovely blonde woman, probably mid-50s, in an SUV parked a few cars across from us asked where she needed to pay. I directed her to the box at the corner of the lot, where you could pay with a credit card, then explained that I got lucky with an old school spot that used a coin meter. "Hey, I have an hour and 49 minutes left on mine. Wanna steal my spot?" I asked. Her sincere elation at this made up for my using all my change. We even waved goodbye to each other.

Next we drove to The Happy Hippo where we were each allowed to spend twenty-five bucks. Jax got a Pirate pack with plastic skeleton mask, pistol, compass, and two knives plus a weinie-dog stuffed pupper. I got a fairy tale memory game, a rock painting kit, and, thanks to Jackson giving me his leftover four dollars, a lil' Peppa Pig stuffie just like the giant one on horseback in the display window!

Haddonfield is so beautiful during the Winter holiday season and I hope to go back again with Jackson and maybe get a vegan hot cocoa and take a stroll, looking in the shop windows.