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When I was reading the Inquirer, I came across one article that grabbed my attention: "Too Bean Or Not Too Bean", about a man who has several coffee shops and about all of the coffee shops on the Main Line. Following this train of thought...

Stop 1: Article "Too Bean or Not Too Bean" - I love coffee, and I am tired, so I was intrigued.

Stop 2: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/04/04/philadelphia-coffee-shop-takes-1-spot-on-americas-best-coffee-list/ - It turns out that Philadelphia houses the best coffee shop in the US, so of course I had to click the link.

Stop 3: http://www.thedailymeal.com/americas-best-coffee-shops It is defined here as the best, but there was also indications of other best coffee shops that are also in Philly, so I chose to look at all of the rankings.

Stop 4: http://www.thedailymeal.com/americas-best-coffee-shops-slideshow Here Ultimo Coffee is listed as #1, however I was very excited to find that my favorite Coffee Shop in my hometown of Santa Cruz, Ca was listed as #22!

Stop 5: http://ultimocoffee.com The website of Ultimo Coffee in order to find the hours and transportation information.

Okay, bear with me here, my path is a little convoluted.

1) Saw the article 'Too Bean or not Too Bean' which talked about the saturation of certain types of shops (like coffee shops) on the Main Line

2)  I was reminded of our journey to and on South Street which included a myriad of identical seeming types of shops.

3)  which led me to try and find a bookshop that we visited the last time we were in Philly because it was really interesting  http://mostlybooksphilly.com/

4)  I was wondering if there were any other secret bookstores like that around the city http://www.phillymag.com/articles/top-five-indie-bookstores-in-philly/

5)  and i found this place: Joseph Fox Bookshop

After speaking with Mr. B, the primary contact for Arise, Alice, and the rest of the group, we've been able to finally solidify some main ideas for our collaboration. In the beginning, it was evident that there needed to be some more conversations about finding a common ground between Mr B's vision for Arise and the group's vision for what we'd like to gain from the experience after the termination of the semester.

Google docs has made it easy for the group members to add, edit, or make suggestions for new ideas at the same time or during our personal time outside of class. We have also shared the document with Mr B to keep him updated on where we stand on the placement. It also gives him the opportunity to comment on our ideas which I believe will be very useful in the future.

Something that I've realized in group collaborations such as this one, it's important to have clear deadlines for nearly everything so that all participants can always be on the same page. With this in mind, we've added a "Weekly Goals" at the top of the page to add our placement homework. During conversations with Alice, Mr B revealed that he would like each of us to make a video introducing ourselves and our interests in Arise and education. We thought this was an efficient and easy way to share a bit more about ourselves, so we decided that the videos should be finished by Tuesday of next week.

While reading through the Philadelphia Inquirer, I saw a many interesting things that caught my attention. A large portion of this was related to how the recent government shutdown will affect the economy if it lasts much longer than a few days. From that idea, I followed this trail:

1. The article on A1 entitled "U.S. Parks would close, drying up tourist cash flow." This led me to thinking about the national parks in the city of Philadelphia, namely the Independence National Historic Park.

2. I did a google search on Independence National Historic Park and found a walking tour of the park:

http://philadelphia.about.com/od/travel/ss/independence.htm

3. At the bottom of the page I saw a link to the neighborhoods of Philadelphia:

http://philadelphia.about.com/od/neighborhoods/Neighborhoods.htm

4. I looked through a few of the neighborhoods, starting with Old City:

http://philadelphia.about.com/od/neighborhoods/a/queen_village.htm

5. As I continued to look, Queen Village caught my eye as well:

http://philadelphia.about.com/od/neighborhoods/p/old_city_phila.htm

I found two places that I'm interested in going. Here is my "breadcrumbs".

1. Philadelphia Inquirer B1: "Today in Philly-Suspension of Time"

2. Google "Jessica Demcsak Suspension of Time"

https://www.google.com.hk/search?newwindow=1&safe=strict&es_sm=122&q=Jessica+Demcsak+Suspension+of+Time&oq=Jessica+Demcsak+Suspension+of+Time&gs_l=serp.3...30661.30661.0.31302.1.1.0.0.0.0.86.86.1.1.0....0...1c.1.27.serp..1.0.0.z5VnZdBvmAQ

3. Go to "philly.com"

http://www.philly.com/philly/health/calendar/?search=y&city=Philadelphia&section&page=5&sortBy=date

4. click on "entertainment", then "art attack"

1. Read the food coupons. Hmm, I wouldn't mind going for some food.

2. Google search for best food in Philly. End up on Yelp. http://www.yelp.com/c/philadelphia/food

3. Not all of the top listed are sit-in restaurants. Check in on a couple, change mind, change setting to Ethnic restaurants. http://www.yelp.com/c/philadelphia/ethnicmarkets

4. The top listed ethnic restaurants aren't foods I particularly like. Discover how to add search terms, and look for Thai. http://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=ethnicmarkets&find_loc=Philadelphia%2C+PA%2C+USA#find_desc=thai+food&cflt

5. Realize that, although I love Thai, I had Thai a couple weeks ago and I haven't had Spanish since April. Change search to tapas bars. http://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=ethnicmarkets&find_loc=Philadelphia%2C+PA%2C+USA#find_desc=tapas&cflt

6. Check out the website of the top listed tapas bar in Philadelphia. It's reasonably priced (for tapas), and right near a Metro stop. Also, it serves Manchego. http://philadelphia.amadarestaurant.com/menu

Therefore, I propose to go visit Amada and have tapas.

1. Saw the title “Bunny Bunny, a Tale of Two BBFs ”

 2. It reminds me of my bunny at home.

 3.I searched “Animal Philadelphia” and find this link.

 4. I haven’t seen any animal shelter yet, and I want to know how those homeless animals are treated. Do they have enough space to play? Are they in cadge all the time?

 5.Hey you want to care about those homeless animals? Meow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

100 N. 2nd Street (at Arch)
Philadelphia, PA 19106:))))))

1.     I found many funeral announcements.

2.     The announcement reminds me of a few weeks ago, when I walked on the street in Philly, I saw a church somewhere, and near the church is a cemetery.

3.     https://www.google.com/#q=philadelphia+cemetery I find many cemeteries.