Tat’s Bizarre Travels

Philadelphia, PA – I didn’t have to travel far for this weeks road trip. In fact, I didn’t even need to start my car up (which happens to be further from where I live than this week’s destination). Just a few blocks from my house is the Mummers Museum (not to be confused with the Mütter Museum) and for some time now I’ve been saying I should drop down for a visit.

You may ask what a Mummer is. I’ve been asking this same question for years. Before going to the museum I could only tell you 2 things for certain about Mummers, and they were:

1. Covered in feathers and sequins Mummers come out every New Years Day to parade down Philadelphia’s Broad Street.
2. Don’t talk smack on Mummers to a native Philadelphian because you might as well be insulting their mother, or the Eagles. Philadelphian’s love the Mummers, even if the only thing they know about them is that they parade down Broad Street on New Years Day.

Now that I’ve been to the museum I can tell you a whole lot more!

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Phoenixville, PA – Each summer, just a short 45 minute ride out of Philadelphia, the town of Phoenixville celebrates Blobfest. It’s an interesting little streetfair, where the people of the town dress up and come out to celebrate that age old horror flick from the late 50’s, The Blob!

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Philadelphia, PA – So, the world’s largest piñata isn’t really a travel destination as much as it is/was an event, but it’s still giant so I’m going to write about it.

The plan, concocted by Carnival Cruise Lines, was to built the world’s largest piñata and crack it open so that 8,000 pounds of candy would shower a parking lot of onlookers. It didn’t really happen that way, thus disappointing all that had come to watch… and nearly causing a riot. All in attendance were hugely disappointed, and although I was sad, there were some highlights that made it worth while.

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