AEPi Conclave in Philadelphia

This weekend I went to Temple University in Philadelphia with 3 of my AEPi brothers. We drove down for a regional convention – even though it was outside my region, what better way to spend a part of reading week? We stayed at the AEPi house at Temple, which houses 17 guys. It was tons of fun partying with them and then going for late night missions to get cheesesteaks.

Thursday night we went to Pat’s and Gino’s (both famous rival cheesesteak places). The guys from Temple instructed me on how to properly order a cheesesteak, which reminded me of the Soup Nazi episode of Seinfeld in which there was a strict procedure on how to order. One of the guys from Temple, Adam ordered a cheesesteak from Pat’s. He walked across the street to Gino’s where the rest of us were eating. When he realized that he forgot to put ketchup on the sandwhich, instead of walking 30 feet across the street he just used the ketchup from Gino’s at which point an employee inside the corner restaurant started to bang his spatula against the glass window while screaming “Use it where you buy it!!!” Adam replied by saying he was from out of town, even though he wasn’t. At this point we thought it would be a good idea to leave quickly as we headed back to the car.

Coincidently, the weekend of the conference coincided with the weekend where the Leafs were playing the Flyers in Philadelphia. Naturally, the game was a must. Everyone told me to be careful of the Philadelphia sports fans, as they are not the nicest. In fact, Veteran’s Stadium (where the Eagles play [NFL]) had its own courtroom and jail. We managed to stay out of trouble as the Leafs beat the Flyers quite easily 5-2.

Us in the AEPi house just before leaving for the leafs game.

L-R: Josh, Zack, Me, Josh, Jordan

Saturday night after a long night drinking and clubbing we thought it would be a good idea to go for a cheesesteak at Jim’s (another famous place) at 2:30AM. After waiting 20 minutes for a cab we got there, and there was a lineup out the door – I figured it would have been about an hour wait. The 5 of us there managed to cut the line and we only waited about 20 minutes. Right when we got to the front of the line 6 more AEPi guys showed up and we managed to squeeze them right in front of us. Luckily nobody pointed this out otherwise things could have got ugly. The cheesesteak was much better than at Gino’s and well worth the 20 minute wait.

The entire weekend was awesome, the AEPi chapter at Temple was a great host, and I had tons of fun hanging out with them. There are too many other stories to tell, but this blog is not the place for them.