Brian came into town the weekend of September 7-8. I was in the midst of marathon training at this point, so I couldn't do anything Friday night, and Saturday I ran 18 miles (which is the 2nd longest training run I'd do). Saturday was Wrigley Field for a Cubs game, which was interesting trying to walk around after running so much that morning. We met at Lucky's Sandwich Company on Clark Street for lunch right before heading to the Wrigley Field Bleachers.
The Bleachers are always fun - seats are first come, first served. We played the famous "dollar game" where you pass around an empty beer cup and put in a dollar when the player makes an out, take a dollar if your guy gets a hit, and take the whole pot if your player hits a homer. We also ran into a bunch of my college friends who happened to be sitting right behind us in the bleachers - a bunch of guys a year younger were out for a bachelor party. We hit up the bar scene around Wrigley after the game (Deuce's and Kirkwood's were the specific bars we went to), but went home at a somewhat decent hour to be ready for Sunday.
We went to my friend Jay's tailgate before the game. Katie didn't go to the game (tickets were pretty expensive), but did get a baby sitter so she could come down to the tailgate.
Jay and his wife Kali were the couple who got married at the Bears game last year, so we felt like we were kind of hanging out at their altar! Brady is about the same age as their son Bobby. Someday they will probably duke it out over a Bengals Bears game! We were conscious of the fact that we were the visiting fans and didn't talk too much trash about the game. But I thought the Bengals had a really good shot to win. It was a great game, but the Bengals turned to the Bungles with too many turnovers. They were winning most of the game, but lost it in the 4th quarter, 24-21.
Still, it was fun to hang out with Jason and Brian - kind of like old times back in Cincy!
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