Christmas in Doylestown
So to continue where I left off from my last blog....my in-law's town.
Doylestown Pennsylvania Township is the county seat of historic Buck's County; the county directly north of Philadelphia. The town itself was nearly a hundred years old when the colonies declared independence form the British Empire. Today, the township is a semi-rural (moving into suburban) bedroom community to Philadelphia. The families that live in Doylestown are, for the most part, well-to-do WASP's. The pervasive Colonial style homes in this area reflect this traditional lifestyle. And I still can't get over the football field sized backyards and 100 foot long driveways!
Her parent's church was founded a generation before the signing of the US Constitution and by the same guy that founded Princeton University. The dates on the gravestones in front of the church just blow me away,...Born 1642 or something like that!! Her dad and brother-in-law also sing in the choir. But I have to admit, the whole Christmas experience, in a church and a town this old and this american, has been extremely rewarding....maybe it's the nostalgia, the warm christmas cheer,...or maybe I'm a sucker for the traditional. Part of my initial apprehension had to do with the utter lack of diversity and complete homoginaity...and hence all my crazy projections. But I've come to discover that this town, much like most of Pennsylvania, is in fact quite liberal....what a relief,...which did much to dispel alot of my irrational ideas about folks in these kinds of communities.
Anywayz, Christmas was good. We've spent alot of time with my niece and nephew, who are crazy cute. Yesterday we went to the Philadelphia Zoo, the oldest in the country and sat literally 2 inches (about the thickness of their huge glass walls) from a massive Silverback Mountain Gorrilla, Black Jaguar, Mountain Lion, and Black Bear! I couldn't believe how utterly lucky I was. I suppose the cold weather had something to do with it, but those animals decided to lean up against the glass and look at us! Soo cool.
Anywayz, I gotta run....my wife is back from her walk with her mother. I'll blog again as soon as I can.
Doylestown Pennsylvania Township is the county seat of historic Buck's County; the county directly north of Philadelphia. The town itself was nearly a hundred years old when the colonies declared independence form the British Empire. Today, the township is a semi-rural (moving into suburban) bedroom community to Philadelphia. The families that live in Doylestown are, for the most part, well-to-do WASP's. The pervasive Colonial style homes in this area reflect this traditional lifestyle. And I still can't get over the football field sized backyards and 100 foot long driveways!
Her parent's church was founded a generation before the signing of the US Constitution and by the same guy that founded Princeton University. The dates on the gravestones in front of the church just blow me away,...Born 1642 or something like that!! Her dad and brother-in-law also sing in the choir. But I have to admit, the whole Christmas experience, in a church and a town this old and this american, has been extremely rewarding....maybe it's the nostalgia, the warm christmas cheer,...or maybe I'm a sucker for the traditional. Part of my initial apprehension had to do with the utter lack of diversity and complete homoginaity...and hence all my crazy projections. But I've come to discover that this town, much like most of Pennsylvania, is in fact quite liberal....what a relief,...which did much to dispel alot of my irrational ideas about folks in these kinds of communities.
Anywayz, Christmas was good. We've spent alot of time with my niece and nephew, who are crazy cute. Yesterday we went to the Philadelphia Zoo, the oldest in the country and sat literally 2 inches (about the thickness of their huge glass walls) from a massive Silverback Mountain Gorrilla, Black Jaguar, Mountain Lion, and Black Bear! I couldn't believe how utterly lucky I was. I suppose the cold weather had something to do with it, but those animals decided to lean up against the glass and look at us! Soo cool.
Anywayz, I gotta run....my wife is back from her walk with her mother. I'll blog again as soon as I can.
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1 Comments:
Sounds like Tennessee...lack of diversity. Sounds like you are getting to see some impressive historic sights man.
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