MBAin't gonna work here

Spotted by Alyssa outside Huntsman Hall - home of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania

I'll take half and you take half

30th and Walnut, via reader Alyssa

Flutter by

It's been awhile since we've captured the elusive corporate broken umbrella. Reader Alyssa notes that what looks like a delicate butterfly umbrella is really covered in Modell's logos.


Broad and South, Philadelphia

Snowpocalypse 2010

Broken umbrella: "Suuuuure Ben, you had a bunch of great ideas about eyeglasses, rocking chairs, and electricity, but not one innovation to help a 'brella out?"



As you may have heard, the East Coast got a little snow today. Special thanks to reader Alyssa who had a camera handy while she braved the storm in Philadelphia.

The one thing the Times Square Info Center lacks

Replacement umbrella, please?

A terrific stuffed and broken corpse sent in by Alyssa, from 42nd and 7th, right in the heart of Times Square.

Time-lapse

Because this blog is made so much more interesting through the generous contributions and submissions by our volunteer corps of umbrellarazzi, we tend to shower them with thanks instead of demanding exact geographic coordinates where photos are found.

And because the CIA wouldn't answer our email queries, we put on our Nancy Drew hat and conducted our own internal investigation: The Case of The Time Lapsed Photos, a wine-fueled thorough side-by-side comparison of two similar Rittenhouse Square photos. Nancy would have put on a sensible pair of heels and gone to the scene, photos in hand, but frankly - it was snowing. Our only conclusion is that we really want to know how that scarf brigade gets those scarves around these objects? Tape? Pins? A final sew? So intriguing!

Without further ado, our first shot comes from Alyssa:



And the second, sent a few days later, but probably taken just hours later by @gaillary



As you can see. We make no conclusions, but isn't it fun to imagine it so?

Thanks ladies!

Hot mess

Found by Alyssa on 22nd and Locust Streets, Philadelphia.

Blackout

Alyssa emails that she came across this friend outside a cleaning supply store, of all places!

22nd & Walnut, Philadelphia

The man who wanted to dive right in

We love the perspective on this one, taken from UPenn's (still very clean!) campus. Thanks Alyssa!

Hydrate, too late

Another send in around the UPenn campus by our friend Alyssa

Going green

Our friend Alyssa sends this hot mess in from the University of Pennsylvania campus. We applaud ivy league students who hang on until the last possible moment and use proper trash receptacles. Thanks, Alyssa!