lower 48

as i enter my last two weeks on the east coast, i have been thinking quite a bit about the things that i think will be the hardest to do without, or the things that i will miss the most from the wonderful lower 48 states, now, i do not have a working knowledge of what will be available in the great white north, but, somethings cannot be replicated or replaced...below, in no particular order, are the 48 greatest things about the lower 48 states, in my humble opinion:

1. thursday dinners at the corner bakery w/ the usual suspects
2. sink or swim @ brownies ending with a trip to the muddy duck (rest in peace)
3. bravo reality wednesdays in merion gardens A-301
4. dogs of any kind (cash & murphy, pacey & mac, reggie, cooper & jake, galileo-not technically)
5. my friends: honey & sugar
6. imparting my wisdom on my protege, stephani strasburger
7. team fabulous
8. co-hosting the radio show
9. hang sessions with joseph peter ricculli
10. iced coffee from dunkin donuts
11. thanksgiving at 1304 gibbs court
12. wxpn (minus "kids corner")
13. pranks with jason todd bartlett
14. beverages with 144 carson street
15. daily crossword care of the free new york times
16. dance parties in the faith-justice institute
17. drexel arms apartments, particularly, b4
18. rev. timothy ryan lannon, sj
19. benjamin franklin

20. buying 4 dvds for 20 dollars at blockbuster
21. alpha gamma delta, zeta pi (and susan eberts prater)
22. merion gardens 4th floor b-side
23. mg/lc 'o6-'o7 staff, yeah, we're better than you and we know it
24. the narberth triangle with good friends
25. 2oo7 graduating class of the psychology 5-year

26. screaming "the hawk will never die" with the class of 2oo6

27. the bryn mawr film institute
28. hb & sp adventures
29. anything and everything involving christine coulon
30. st. mary's by the sea, cape may, nj
31. 34th street light display in the b-more at christmas time
32. sweatpants, ovb & sex & the city with aubrey anne medwid
33. pat hughes' yearbooks
34. the last 21 years on gibbs court, with the exception of the invention of "tree tag"
35. ken & nancy jones (duh)
36. views of boathouse row & the philadelphia skyline at night
37. red wine with amanda lynn george

38. helen stewart=best ever. the end.
39. the ladies of "the view": anne, jackie (bff), patty & peggy
40. kop with professional shopper, molly "chinese bird" abbott
41. chocolate chip cannolis from caesar's den
42. infomericals starring casey, greg, and myself, particularly, "perry greglock"
43. summer conferences with jim-bob and the "orl" professional staff
44. los ninos, 2oo7
45. campion 212/3rd floor circa '04-'06
46. free library of philadelphia
47. hitting a bucket of balls at the driving range
48. the beautiful "boat" that i can masterfully parallel park, complete with spoiler c/o ken jones