Eat at Green Plate

My favorite local place to eat opened up a little over a year ago. It’s a little stir-fry and noodle casual restaurant by the name of Green Plate.

A Cultural Observation

Last night my wife, daughter, and I headed to the Philadelphia Academy of Music to see Wicked.

Graeme Park

Yesterday the weather in Philadelphia had broken from our long string of 90+ degree with high humidity weather. It was cloudy, but my wife and I decided to get out and do something.

A Credit Life

One of the more interesting aspects of Colonial life might seem both familiar and peculiar to Twenty-First Century ears. The colonies didn’t have a lot of money in circulation. Many people have quaint images of people walking around with a large purse of coins, spending gold and silver with frivolous abandon 1, but the reality…

Personal Milestone

Back when I began my daily blogging challenge back in 2015 Painfully Hopeful had been laying dormant for a few years. I’d kept the domain active, but hadn’t found time to give the site a voice.