Category Archives: Travel

Stanley Cup Finals – Game 2.

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Another rough day in Detroit.  The Pens lose 3-0 to the Red Wings and going are now down two games to none.

The positives:

  1. Our Seats were awesome (better than Barry Melrose).
  2. Ted Kennedy is doing fine and was at the game.
  3. I don’t live in Detroit.

The downside would be everything else.  We made the 4.5 hour trip there and back in one day so the driving was pretty rough.  We managed to find a even more shady liquor store than the time before.  Detroit fans are pretty rough but that was to be expected.

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Stanley Cup Finals – Game 1.

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Last night Julie and I were at game one of the Stanley Cup Finals in Detroit.  The game didn’t end that way we would have wanted but that’s why it’s a seven game series.  We’ll be back in Detroit for game 2 (and if need be game 7).

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Our seats were literally the last row in the Joe Louis Arena which meant we stood the entire game and struggled to see the goal are on our end.  Granted the Pens we’re going for the other goal 2 of the 3 periods but they never scored.  Our seats will be much better tomorrow.

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Before the game we spent some time at the Post Bar which when we got there in the afternoon was filled with Red Wing fans.  The bar was very ‘Detroit’ and by that I mean they had cold bottle beer and no draft… and the place was covered in graffiti.

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Memphis Trip.

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This past weekend several ladies (Julie, Stacy & Jane) and I headed down to Memphis for MLB’s annual Civil Rights Game between the New York Mets and the Chicago White Sox. Along the way we managed to eat as unhealthy as humanly possible in such a short span. Jane found us a bar that had $1.50 Yuengling (Memphis?), we toured Graceland, Sun Studio, and the Gibson guitar factory, hung out on Beale Street and saw the Mets beat the White Sox.

A successful weekend.

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Because I’m into lists, here are the things to note from my trip:

  • 1 Case of Yuengling was smuggled out of the South.
  • Never laugh in the rain or an overly aggressive homeless man may try to assault you.
  • White people in Memphis DO NOT want you to go to Wild Bill’s, including the kid who was our tour guide at Sun Studio.
  • I prefer Wet Ribs to Dry Ribs and Corky’s to Rendezvous.
  • Elvis impersonators are creepy.
  • Unforgettable Fire is still the worst U2 album ever.
  • State Patrolmen treat women much differently than they treat men.
  • Regardless of what anyone says, there are only 3 ducks at the Peabody Hotel.
  • Sweet Tea might just be the greatest thing ever invented.
  • There are Mets fans in Arkansas.
  • There are no speed limits in Missouri nor Arkansas.

The rest of the photographs from our trip are on Flickr.

Side Note:
I was prompted to do a little research after striking Yuengling Gold in Memphis. Most of you know all to well that you can’t get Yuengling anywhere in Ohio so to find it in Tennessee was a little confusing. I knew there was a brewery in Florida so I assumed it had to come from there. Living in New York City this past year Yuengling was everywhere but since I headed back West in June I haven’t had it. To then find it $1.50 drafts in Memphis was awesome. Possibly the best part of the trip for me.

The beer I brought back to Chicago was brewed in Florida.