Nikki Ferrell & Tyler VanLoo - Bachelor 18 - Discussion

Sometimes, I think you are my alter ego, Mia. Since we only allow each member one username per our site rulez, I realize this can not be so.
Or is it?
BTW--fan threads were started here as an afterthought. The discussion threads were here first. :babies:

soccerm3m wrote:There is an outside statue (not sure how else to describe) that looks like that LOVE painting in museum.  I have seen IG pictures of it.

In Philly! http://www.visitphilly.com/music-art/philadelphia/love-statue/

Kashathediva wrote:If you have to think about whether a post is negative or positive in content, then it belongs in a discussion thread.

^^^This is why I typically stay out of fan threads. I don't like to think when I'm posting.    

eirekay wrote:

soccerm3m wrote:There is an outside statue (not sure how else to describe) that looks like that LOVE painting in museum.  I have seen IG pictures of it.

In Philly! http://www.visitphilly.com/music-art/philadelphia/love-statue/

I knew I saw it in pictures. Funny thing...my DH is from the Philly suburbs and I have never seen that Love sculpture. We do not live there but have made many trips back there to visit.

soccerm3m wrote:

eirekay wrote:

soccerm3m wrote:There is an outside statue (not sure how else to describe) that looks like that LOVE painting in museum.  I have seen IG pictures of it.

In Philly! http://www.visitphilly.com/music-art/philadelphia/love-statue/

I knew I saw it in pictures.  Funny thing...my DH is from the Philly suburbs and I have never seen that Love sculpture.  We do not live there but have made many trips back there to visit.

It's downtown by the Museum of Art - there's a beautiful (and very large) fountain close by that kids literally swim in during the summer!

eirekay wrote:

soccerm3m wrote:

eirekay wrote:

In Philly! http://www.visitphilly.com/music-art/philadelphia/love-statue/

I knew I saw it in pictures.  Funny thing...my DH is from the Philly suburbs and I have never seen that Love sculpture.  We do not live there but have made many trips back there to visit.

It's downtown by the Museum of Art - there's a beautiful (and very large) fountain close by that kids literally swim in during the summer!

Does the art museum have all those steps that Rocky ran up or down in one of the movies? Never been there. We have made many trips to downtown, Franklin Institutescience center and to the Choldren's museum.

soccerm3m wrote:

eirekay wrote:

soccerm3m wrote:

I knew I saw it in pictures.  Funny thing...my DH is from the Philly suburbs and I have never seen that Love sculpture.  We do not live there but have made many trips back there to visit.

It's downtown by the Museum of Art - there's a beautiful (and very large) fountain close by that kids literally swim in during the summer!

Does the art museum have all those steps that Rocky ran up or down in one of the movies?  Never been there.  We have made many trips to downtown, Franklin Institutescience center and to the Choldren's museum.

Yep! That's the one!

I saw the sculpture there as well.  It is a really neat piece.

Oh and Mia, you are correct. Model more Nikki and talk less!

eirekay wrote:

soccerm3m wrote:

eirekay wrote:

It's downtown by the Museum of Art - there's a beautiful (and very large) fountain close by that kids literally swim in during the summer!

Does the art museum have all those steps that Rocky ran up or down in one of the movies?  Never been there.  We have made many trips to downtown, Franklin Institutescience center and to the Choldren's museum.

Yep!  That's the one!  

I'm definitely aging myself here....(8 cents to mail a letter )....but back in my grammar school pen-pal hay-day, I used to mail my 6 different pen-pals epic-long letters with this bad boy. (My wordiness absolutely predates this forum by decades.) I don't necessarily like the t-shirt, or Nikki, or Andi, but the fact that this image and this discussion has made me pause and reflect on a simple joy from my childhood makes me smile.

When I think about that stamp, I can still remember the great anticipation that used to build up inside of me as I walked home from school, hoping that the mailman had placed a letter in my mailbox from one of my many pen-pals. These were girls whom I'd never met. While I lived in New England, they were from far away places like Illinois, North Carolina, California, and Wisconsin. The closest I ever came to seeing any of them was when we exchanged wallet-sized school photos of ourselves. I proudly displayed those photos by tucking them into my bedroom mirror's frame. They were like steamer trunk stickers to places I'd only been to in my mind. But while I would never get the chance to meet these girls face to face, I certainly felt (in an adolescent sort of way, of course) that I knew these girls. I knew tidbits about their families, their pets, their hobbies, and what boys they were crushing on at school. I shared my story with these girls and in return they did the same, on sheets and sheets of girly writing paper stuffed into matching envelops, bulging, reinforced with scotch tape, often weighted to require two of these LOVE stamps. Twice the Love.

I have been struck by the irony here. We have all heard the saying: "The more things change, the more they stay the same." Well, darn-it, it's true. The internet is a far cry from snail mail and it certainly costs more than 8 cents to send a letter across this country today, but my posting on this forum is really no different from my pen-pal hay-day. It really is the same. And that realization (while it may seem obvious to others) has truly surprised me. It proves to me that at my core, at my innermost workings, those very things that make me tick have remained the same over decades of life and experiences.

So, maybe that t-shirt has a redeeming quality, after all. (Still way over priced, IMO.) But, maybe if it can spark a memory in me and transport me back to a simpler time and simpler joys, it can do the same for others. And that is a nice thought (to me).

Signing off now...wordy as usual, bulging, with twice the Love...

Your friend always,
Mia
P.S. Write back soon!
P.P.S. Happy holidays!
P.P.P.S. Looking forward to snarking with you in the New Year!

chinita wrote:

Kashathediva wrote:I have no problem with simple. I love understated. It's just not her idea! LOL To act like you have designed something that NYC has been using for god only knows...I got a bridge to sell ya.

Believe it or not Kashathediva when I saw the T-shirt, I thought Andi was promoting a T-shirt from JFK airport  That logo is from JFK's airport in NY not from Andi's design

Funny when I saw that photo I immediately thought of LOVE Park in Philadelphia.  They have a similar logo, except with the fruit for an "o".

ETA: Oops I see I'm behind and someone else posted the Love Park picture. I sometimes go there at lunch, however, skateboarders have overrun it lately.
:cutesmile!:

Glad Nikki is having fun

Nikki looks great! Ooooh....a bit too much skin on Ms. Tenley.