To kickoff the St. Patrick’s Day weekend we headed over to The Dark Horse waiting for the arrival of Jim Wallis. There were several drinks shared, a couple of North Shore friends and the uneventful trip to the Wiener’s Circle where a ‘Double Chocolate Shamrock Shake’ was spotted.
Unlike last year there was no snow, everyone who was coming actually made it and the Airline’s more or less cooperated.
A good start to the weekend.
This past Monday my Broomball team (Ice Cold Blue Balls) played for the World Championship against perennial broomball power Cullens in what turned out to be an epic defensive struggle. We fell short, losing 1-0 but we put up a valiant fight. Most of the media picked us to be out knocked out in first game due the serious of illness and injuries that have ravaged our team during the season. Despite all the naysayers we managed to win our first playoff game 1-0 against Hooker’s N Blow behind our stellar defense and my shoes. After less than a minute break between games we headed to the Championship against Cullens who had at least 3 complete lines and a Junior Varsity at their disposal. We played solid but in the end we just came up short.
There’s always next year.
More photographs on Flickr.
*Side Note:
Broomball Shootout.
If you ever wondered what happens when a Broomball game is tied after a 5 minute overtime the answer would be a shootout. Truly a sight to see. The photographs below are between the Slippin’ Sliders and Off On The Ice. Off On The Ice ended up winning the shootout after 6 shooters.
Tonight I went to a Ohio State Alumni gathering at McGee’s Tavern hosted by the OSU Alumni Club of Chicago which I will be helping relaunch their website in the near future. The event was a good time. I was probably one of only a handful of people not dressed in a suit but that was fine since Ohio State President Gordon Gee told me he like my shirt.
That’s really all that counts.
