This past weekend Julie and I headed to the East Coast to see Pearl Jam in Hartford and the Mets – Yankee’s game at Shea Stadium. Of course the temperature the entire weekend hovered around double-asshole so most of the time we were covered in sweat.
We managed to hit four airports (Midway, Bradley, LaGuardia, & O’Hare) with only one 2 hour delay, see Pearl Jam and then the Mets play the Yankee’s and then have wings at Blondie’s and lasagna at Dee’s. In other words it was a very successful weekend. Thanks to those who let us sleep on their pullout couches without you we’d been at the Belnord.
The Pearl Jam show in Hartford was especially hot and steamy. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists were the opener and were really good. Our seats were under the pavilion but towards the back. I wasn’t really that impressed with the show but I chalk that up to three things:
- Pearl Jam had just completed back to back shows at Madison Square Garden.
- I’m comparing this show to their Lollapalooza set last year.
- It was Double-Asshole.
It wasn’t that it was a bad show, it just wasn’t nearly as good as the last three times I’ve seen them.
It was equally hot at Shea Stadium for the final Subway Series but there was a 45 minute torrential down pour that cooled the air. I must say I was highly impressed by the ground crew. The field was completely dry within 15 minutes of them rolling up the tarp. Now I do find it rather amusing that the entire team took 15 minutes to ‘warm up’ before coming out to play again but that’s another story.
The Mets ended up loosing 3-2 but we got to see David Wright homer to left field and the ground crew really kicked ass.
* Side Note:
And of course there were Horse Cops. I know what you’re thinking, who’s going to clean this shit up?
Well, the rain of course.
