Category Archives: Common Man

Cubs Vs. Phillies.

On Thursday Julie and I met Dan in the bleachers for the Cub’s – Phillies game. The Cubs were down for much of the game until Aramis Ramirez’s grand slam in the eighth inning. I’ve only sat in the bleachers once before but I was much higher in the stands. This time we sat with Dan’s friends who get there when they open and have the front row in left field. Julie had a little issue with security due to the phonetics of her tshirt but other than that it was a good time.

* This was the view from our seats in the left field of the bleachers.

Weekend in New York.

After another shitty experience with American Airlines I made my 12 hour journey to New York on Friday. I feel like I acomplished a lot:

Pastries from Gian & Piero Bakery in Astoria.
Multiple rounds of beer at McSorley’s.
A burger at Ted’s.
Wings at Croxley’s.
Picked up a Wii Fit at the Nintendo World Store.

Friday evening I met up with Josh & Emily at the Nintendo Wold Store and then we headed down to McSorley’s where waited for the infamous Jim Wallis to arrive. Things were a little more low key this time around at McSorley’s but then again everyone’s a year older. We moved on to the Telephone Bar and then called it a night.

*Side Note: For those wondering Jim’s black eye did not occur at McSorley’s.

10 Year High School Reunion

Saturday night was my ten year high school reunion and as you can imagine it was awesome. I’m not sure how most 10 year reunions go but Franklin Heights 10 year reunions are always awesome. We had a great turnout, possibly 50 people which is more than any of us organizing the event thought was possible. we had some kickass name tags with our senior pictures, there were some pretty decent door prizes and the decorations were top notch.