Weekend Wrap Up

I had many hopes going into this weekend. Many that were met. As most of you know, the MLB Allstar Game is in town this week so there were all kinds of festivities planned. The first for me being the fanfest. I knew it was more geared towards kids but we got free tickets (worth $30) with our Pujols pack so we went. Both Ted and Rengel scored big with getting a Holiday Inn Express band which basically allowed them to get in front of any line with hundreds of kids snarling at us wondering why we were butting in front of them when they had been in line for over an hour. Needless to say, I did not feel really bad plus the “gate keepers” thought I also had a band so we did almost all the events without waiting in line. The hardest one was the hitting with a simulated pitcher. I didn’t even make contact. We finished the night by getting some drinks at Dubliner with Ted, Rengel, and Ted’s lady friend.

I had hoped to enjoy some of the festivities around downtown on Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately none of my friends did which still makes no sense to me. You have people coming in from all over the country to enjoy this weekend (most who are not going to the game) but locals would not even come out. I didn’t push the fact since I would be in the area both Monday and Tuesday. I thought I knew a lot of big baseball fans but obviously not.

We did go out to Lucas and the Landing on Saturday night followed by Maurizos and a late night hot tub party. It rained part of the day on Sunday plus I hung out with the family so I did not go out except for a brief stroll down to the Dome. I did want to go to the Landing for the concert at 7PM but couldn’t find anyone to go. I barely even left the house after I tore my place apart looking for my keys to find out an hour later that someone (em Mike) took them home with him.

I will have a separate post with pics for the complete rundown of Fan Fest and the All Star festivities.