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July 29, 12:24 PMPick Up ExaminerTiffany Yvonne Cox

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 Philadelphia and New Jersey men know how to treat a lady right!  I don’t know what it is about this area, but I have experienced some of the best dates ever.  These guys are making my experiment way to easy.

An old friend, Dillon, picked me up yesterday to spend the afternoon in Philadelphia.  Dillon has a little crush, and there is slight interest on my part.  I enjoy being adored by him, but it is also very weird, because in high school we hung out in the same group of friends and he dated one of the girls in the group.  I have some female codes I like to live by.  One of them is do not date a friend’s ex.  I haven’t spoken to his ex since sophomore year so I didn’t actually feel bad hanging out with him.  Plus no one ever said that something would come of us enjoying each other’s company.

I hopped in his car and we headed to Philadelphia.  In the car, I learned that the main plan for the day was to visit a psychic.  Wild, yes; but what was even wilder was the execution of his plans for our day. Dillon revealed to me how he prepped for our outing; he checked the hour by hour weather to be sure that we beat the rain while downtown and he chose a few specific places to go during our leisurely walk around Philadelphia.

We stopped in adorable boutiques and admired historical structures that lined the streets.  After plenty of window shopping we headed to another street where a fraud of a psychic gave Dillon a palm reading.  This lady basically foresaw that he was a 26-year-old man that had 26-year-old male issues. I decided not to waste his money on me getting a fake reading too. 

We laughed it off and walked outside for more sightseeing.  Dillon took my hand and led us to a frozen yogurt shop.  We shared a large bowl of cheese cake flavored frozen yogurt topped with blueberries, chocolate peanut butter cups, and walnuts.  We enjoyed our yummy treat while shopping in a t-shirt design shop.  We also created our own music video of TLC’s “Red Light Special” in the middle of the store.  Nothing nasty, of course, just good fun that also involved the owner bopping along with us too. From there we visited a Caribbean store, Phillie’s number one sex toy store (talk about crazy) Condom Kingdom, and wandered into other unique boutiques.  It was so calming and easy to be in Dillon’s presence because we just goofed around.  We didn’t mind tripping over each other’s words since we knew each other well.

As rain clouds began to move in, we headed back to New Jersey and stopped off at Panera Bread to get dinner.  We took our sandwiches to a local park and enjoyed the open air while chatting about our heroes in the African American community and where we hoped our futures would lead us.

By the time we finished debating the definitions of education, the sun had begun to set.  Dillon took me home and gave me a quick kiss goodbye.  It was sweet and so comfy.  I’m still smiling now that I think about it.  My guard is still up, after my tragedy with J, but Dillon definitely gave the male race 10 points back in my book.