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We headed downtown to enjoy the beautiful weather and explore some new places. First we headed to DiPasquale's.  We first heard of this store on the Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives show.  When we walked in the store it felt like a little slice of Philadelphia :)  They had tons of italian meats, cheeses, and pastas.  Also they have their own homemade mozzarella and Italian hot and sweet sausage.  So we bought both along with some fresh pasta so we could make gravy on Sunday.   We came prepared with a cooler and ice since we knew we were going to be out for the day!

For those of you who don't know what gravy is ...

Gravy is what everyone else calls sauce or marinara sauce.  In South Philadelphia, we Italians call it gravy. It is always homemade with at least homemade meatballs and Italian sausage (hot and/or sweet).  We NEVER eat anything that is from a jar (like Ragu)!

Naomi and I were waiting outside for Eric to finish up the shopping since it was pretty tight in there.  Naomi greeted all of the customers with her cute smile and cool hair (which everyone loved!) while I took some pictures.  Naomi also make it on camera for a video that John Hopkins was filming for their "Live where you work" segment.

After our trip to DiPasquale's we headed to Little Italy.  We weren't ready for dinner yet so we sat outside on a bench and enjoyed the fresh air.  While hanging out Naomi decided she wanted to dance to the music that was playing.  Then we headed to Chiapparelli's for dinner to celebrate Eric's raise.

And then no trip to Little Italy is complete without getting some gelato from Vacarro's.  Even Naomi had some dessert, sugar cookies :)