FUSION CONFUSION ... IN PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia is known as the City of Brotherly Love. That's why I wasn't surprised to find "the Love Park" -- otherwise known as JFK Plaza -- right near my hotel. The Love Park is right in front of the City Hall and features Robert Indiana's famous "Love Statue" and a decorative fountain. Don't ask me what goes on in the Love Park ... I was only there for a few minutes this morning on my way to the Comcast Center.

Comcast Center is the tallest building in Philadelphia. It's 58-stories tall and offers commanding views of the whole city. I especially liked the lobby, which features an atrium where ten life-sized statues of pedestrians and businessmen appear to be walking on metallic beams suspended overhead.

Also in the lobby, directly over the reception desk, is a massive, 84-foot tall, 2,000 square-foot LCD screen which plays a series of incredible, lifelike video images 18-hours a day. For example, today I saw the lobby transformed into a tropical oasis, a modern artwork and a dance hall, complete with acrobatic dancers who looked like they were doing a tango atop the elevator bank.

Speaking of artwork, I had dinner under the shadow of an enormous Buddha. Yes, it was another evening of Asian-Fusian cuisine, this time at a fancy restaurant called Buddakan. I guess they call it Fusion cuisine because by the time I leave Philadelphia it will feel as if a pair of chopsticks has been fused to my hands ...!