Author Archives: Nik Bronder

Ice Skating at Wrigley Field.

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Today Julie and I met up with Laura and Bedford for some ice time at Wrigley Field.  The Cubs sold tickets to members of their email list and Emily was able to hook us up.  It was a unique experience to say the least.  They setup one hour sessions and resurfaced the ice between sessions.  The weather was perfect as well.


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Side Note:

* The photo below is of the ‘designer couple’ as Laura describe them, they were there to see and be seen.

** The rest of my photographs from the skate can be found on Flickr.

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NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field.

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Yesterday Julie and I went to the NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field.  To say the least it was amazing.  The first period was worth the (steep) price of admission.  The Blackhawks ended up falling to the Redwings 6-4.  The weather wasn’t unbearable and our seats were blocked from the wind.  We had a really good view of the entire ice and the seat next to us was empty.  The opening festivities were a little over the top (introducing Chicago Sports Legends twice) but once the game got going it was awesome.  The first period was pretty much non-stop action with a Detroit player getting upended into the Hawks bench.

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Truly Classic.

*Side Note:

The rest of my photographs are on Flickr.

After the game we rallied back at my place and deep fried a turkey (and grilled a pork loin).

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Steelers vs. Browns in Pittsburgh.

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This past weekend I met up with Josh and Jim in Pittsburgh for the Browns – Steelers game (and the Pens – Montreal game but due to my arch nemesis that did not pan out). Of course the Steelers manhandled the Browns who were down to their fourth or fifth quarterback. Of course Ben Roethlisberger looked like he was incapacitated from our vantage point but it turned out to be a mere concussion.

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The highlight of the gameday experience would have to be the series of montages that were shown on the jumbotron throughout the game. Seriously, the best video montages I’ve ever seen at a sporting event.

The night before we headed out to the South Shore for a couple drinks and ended up at Primanti Brothers for some sandwiches until last call.

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If we’ve learned anything in the past, it’s that Jim Wallis knows how to make friends (see the last photograph above).

*Side Note:

On the way out of the Heinz Field we ran into this guy wearing a Spielman jersey.  I’m nearly positive Chris Spielman never played a down for the Browns outside of the Preseason.  If I recall he came back for one last year and reinjured his next before the season even started.  In hindsight I’d say this guy kind of jumped the gun.

Just saying.

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