PHILADELPHIA -- I just got off the phone with Mel, who reports that he and the traveling crew of Acacia and Erin have safely arrived in Knoxville.
The Guru reports that his party was greeted at the airport by "one paparazzi and page one coverage in the local paper."
Said local paper is the Knoxville News-Sentinel, whose sports editor, Jay Searcy, used to be Mel's editor at the Inquirer. You can read the story in today's paper here.
I can also report that Mel, Acacia and I enjoyed a nice dinner last night at a Mexican restaurant on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania that I've been trying to drag Mel to for a while, not that it really matters to any of you. But if you ever are in University City and need a restaurant recommendation, let me know.
I also gave them a tour of the campus, including famed Franklin Field and the Palestra, which was new to Acacia... and, to some degree, to Mel, as he hadn't been around the pedestrian-only parts of the campus in a while.
Anyway, that's more than enough of my life. I leave for Knoxville tomorrow afternoon, and look forward to meeting in person many of you who've just known me through this writing.
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