What better way to end Erin & Pat’s Philadelphia engagement shoot than with a couple of ice cold craft beers and some Oxtail.  Yes, I said oxtail!  After traipsing around the city for a couple of hours and looking for a place to get a drink, we stumbled upon the Happy Rooster on 16th.  There on the appetizer menu was brazed oxtail.  Thinking it couldn’t possibly actual oxtail, Lola grabbed her iPhone.  The image google returned was not pretty, but it did verify that said “Oxtail” was actually the tail of an ox!  So, with the nasty image of oxtails still in our head, and our waiter asking for our selections, we decided to try the oxtail.  The brazed oxtail arrived served over gnocchi.  We each put a bit on our forks, looked at each other as if to say “You better not back out…”  The old adage “Try it, you might like it” usually has a fairly low success rate…  But for a change, brazed oxtail is actually very delicious (well at least it is at the Happy Roster).  While all the food was quite good, the oxtail was my favorite.  Not so sure what the others thought

Well… that’s enough about oxtail.  Erin & Pat will be married next October in Philly.  We had a blast making our way around the city & getting to know them.  These two are so much fun, I cannot wait to see them  in full party mode at the reception next October!

At the Kimmel Center we found lots of cool little spots before we headed up to the rooftop garden

One of my fav’s.  Rooftop of the Kimmel Center but who cares.. it’s all about them having fun

Erin has some crazy blue eyes; going to make for some awesome wedding images!

Go ahead Pat, you know you want to laugh

Hangin in the twigs at Love Park

Joey was letting us hear all of his Camaro’s 482 horses as he sat at the light.