NEAT THINGS: Morris Arboretum

So this past weekend, I had Friday off of work (which NEVER HAPPENS, by the way), so my boyfriend and I headed out to Morris Arboretum to see some trees and stuff.

To our surprise, there was a very nicely designed treehouse-type exhibit set to open the following day… I figured I’d take some pictures, because lord knows I hadn’t been aware of it and it looks super cool. I think anyone who played Myst back in the day (side note: did you know that they made an iPhone compatible version of Myst for six bucks? My mind is blown) will get some delightful deja vu.

All pictures by Emily G!

You can go in the giant nest AND you can climb on the rope nets, which is something I have been been dying to do since I aged out of the ones in King Arthur’s Court in Cedar Point 13 years ago.

And if you’re coming back via Broad Street, keep an eye out for the Beury Building at Broad and Erie, although it’s hard to miss. Inga Saffron once described it as “a lavishly sculpted 14-story tower that stands like an emaciated crack addict over the crossroads of Broad Street and Erie and Germantown Avenues.” Seriously, what’s the holdup on this lady’s Pulitzer, eh? The Beury Building is the canvas for one of the more impressive/juvenile pieces of graffiti in town:

Words to live by.