Philly Weekend

Rich and I headed to Philly this weekend to meet up with Scott who was in town for the ICASSP 2005 conference. One of my favorite things is to get a nice Sunday brunch. I found Vilanni in a list of the City's best brunch places. It was reasonably priced and lived up to expectations. Rich got the poached eggs, lump crab and garlic herb focaccia toasts, which was really excellent.

At night, we hit Monk's Cafe for dinner. We arrived early so that we could get a table in a reasonable amount of time. (Monk's doesn't take reservations and it is always crowded on weekends.) You can't beat the extensive Belgium beer menu or the tub of mussels and fries that you get. (My favorite is the Raspberry Lambic, aka the Lindemans Raspberry Framboise.) Scott liked it so much that he even took a collegue back there the next evening.