Phanatics...

Earlier this month, I had an overwhelming weekend full of sports action. My Dad, Arielle and I took on Philadelphia and succeeded in catching a majority of the sporting events held. We began our tour by cheering on the Temple Owls for their homecoming game against Bowling Green. My sis, Arielle, goes to Temple and is a new member of sorority. So prior to the game we joined the ladies for some tailgating and good food. The Owls ended up winning their game and I even got to see an old camp friend who is in the marching band and gave an awesome performance. Immediately after the game, we walked from Lincoln Financial Field over to the newly named Wells Fargo Center to watch the Flyers hockey game. They played their rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins and suffered and embarrassing loss. I’d say that the Pens got their revenge from the last game played with them. For the remainder of the night we watched the ole Phillies play San Fransico, and sadly lost. So besides Temple winning and me getting some good traditional Philly food such as a cheesesteak and crabby fries, it wasn’t a successful day for Philly sports.

Sunday was a bit of a sleep in day for my Dad and I before we ventured back over to the stadiums. While my sister was back at school celebrating her birthday with friends, the old man and I met up with some friends for more tailgating. A few beers and pork bbq sandwiches later, we were ready to watch some football and cheer on the Eagles as they pumbled the Atlanta Falcons. It was a great game, even though a lot of the calls were bad. After the game, we managed to watch the second Phillies game (can’t get enough of them =). Following the game, we met up again with Arielle and took her out for a birthday dinner to a real quaint Italian restaurant on Fairmont Ave (right by Eastern State Penitentiary). There are quite a few nice places to hangout at in this area, and the neighborhood has been shaping up really well the past couple of years.

This was a great weekend full or fried food, beer, sports and crazy Philadelphia phans. As much as I would have like to stay and do some touring, I was drained from all of the other excitement I encountered. I can’t wait to do it again!

 

Cheers guys!