Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Philadelphia! I arrived...

In late June of 2008 I accepted the Director of Disaster position for the American Red Cross of Southeast Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.  

While I had to say good bye to great friends and co-workers in Louisville - I made the decisions in hope of both career enhancement and personal growth.  

This past weekend, August 16th, my good friend Ryan
 arrived in Philadelphia and help me move some of my things into a new apartment.  Its quite different here.  In Louisville I owned a home and had a yard; however, that is not the case here.  I pay double for an apartment here and I don't even have a yard!  What I do have is probably one of the best views the city has to offer at night.  Here is a picture of the roof top area this new apartment has to offer.  What a great view!

My apartment is on the 19th floor of a building called
 the Metropolitan.  When first built, the Metropolitan was a luxury hotel; however, the Great Depression set in and the hotel soon closed its doors.  It was converted into apartments in the 80s and have been occupied ever since.  (From left to right: Skyy enjoying her new feeding area, the living room/dining room, view from the kitchen window, view from the bedroom window)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations. It looks like you're settling in nicely. Miss you here in Louisville. Karen and I have so much we could share from our recent Florida vacation.
Take care and keep in touch.

Anonymous said...

Clifton - I love your apt. Are you coming in for Loren's Wedding? Let me answer for you.....YES! Maybe I will bring a surprise guest; maybe not. We'll see how things are going by then :) Miss U. Marcy Beyer says hello....DAT meeting was this Monday.

Cale said...

Clifton, I lost your email address. I wanted to thank you for your comment. Thank the Red Cross for their help.

You can email me at sara.a.reeves@gmail.com