Yes! Right over Fairmount

FWIW, my sister’s foot was run over by a Jeep Cherokee while wearing Sperry duck boots. The people at the ER were shocked when she only had bruising and swelling but no broken bones. (Not that one anticipates being run over on the daily…)

We live in the Bache Martin catchment (on its block in fact) and there is a LOT of community support/parental involvement that makes the school so special. We wouldn’t hesitate to send our son there (who’s an infant) but the increasing crime (not just targeted, but reckless, random events) is causing us to move to a different neighborhood. Our neighbors send their kids to GFS, and perhaps I can ask them why, over Bache specifically.

I live in Fairmount, and nothing compares to walking down the neighborhood to the Parkway, to Rittenhouse, for the farmer’s market in the early fall, grabbing bites to eat here and there and enjoying them in the park while people watching.

Or, my fiancé and I used to do what we called “procurement day” in Italian Market, where we’d specifically order ingredients from small businesses in the area and enjoy bites from places like South Philly Barbacoa between our pickups. Then go home and cook together.

Or, hiking around Forbidden Drive with a stop off at Valley Green Inn or the Cedars House Cafe.

Damn… this city has really grown on me the past few years, for all its problems.

Yes! Not to mention the safety hazards with some popular design choices… we’re moving this summer because none of the staircases in our house have bannisters on the side facing outward (just the wall side). One is “floating,” which looks nice but is scary to walk up sober with a load of laundry! Lol.