{"id":24698,"date":"2018-11-25T12:29:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T17:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=24698"},"modified":"2020-05-06T06:05:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T10:05:52","slug":"where-rocky-got-hitched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/11\/25\/where-rocky-got-hitched\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Rocky Got Hitched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Saint Thomas Aquinas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/44229524750\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4867\/44229524750_2aa8fa024b_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Saint Thomas Aquinas\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a>I just watched <em>Rocky II <\/em>for the first time in years. In it Rocky makes Adrian an honest woman, and the film makers showed the facade of a Church. I figured it had to be in Philly, but where? A little research revealed the place to be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/staquinas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Saint Thomas Aquinas<\/em><\/a>\u00a0located at 1719 Morris Street (N.W. corner of 17th and Morris Sts.)<\/p>\n<p>I would have shot the interior, but a wedding was going on, and I didn&#8217;t want to intrude. I will return one day with a better camera and a sunnier day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just watched Rocky II for the first time in years. In it Rocky makes Adrian an honest woman, and the film makers showed the facade of a Church. I figured it had to be in Philly, but where? A &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/11\/25\/where-rocky-got-hitched\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[104,3809],"tags":[4576,3708,5,4575,354,3669,118,4480,4577,105],"class_list":["post-24698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philadelphia","category-south-philly-safari","tag-balboa","tag-church","tag-joe-williams","tag-movir","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-photography","tag-rocky","tag-saint-thomas-aquinas","tag-south-philly"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-6qm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43654,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/08\/05\/rocky-strikes-a-pose\/","url_meta":{"origin":24698,"position":0},"title":"Rocky Strikes a Pose","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"August 5, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Squirrelweb.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Squirrelweb.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Squirrelweb.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39987,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/02\/05\/lunch-with-rocky\/","url_meta":{"origin":24698,"position":1},"title":"Lunch with Rocky","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"February 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is my chunky buddy munching on some peanuts.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Squirrel.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Squirrel.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Squirrel.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24079,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/07\/24\/rocky-bullwinkle\/","url_meta":{"origin":24698,"position":2},"title":"Rocky &#038; Bullwinkle","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"July 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I spotted this brown squirrel at the pool over the weekend, indulging in some leftover chicken. 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