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Boston / Concert / Sports — 2 Comments
12
Mar 10

Celtics v Pacers AKA Dropkick Murphys

Well, our Win Attendance Percentage was dinged tonight by fielder’s choice.  We had tickets to the Celtics game tonight versus the Pacers, which they ended up winning (122-103).  BUT, we also had tickets see the Dropkick Murphys!  These tickets were fairly hard to get, especially so close to St. Patty’s Day and IN Boston!  The concert was super super SUPER fun.  They really get your blood pumping and get everyone riled up with excitement.  I had goosebumps hearing them play!  We really enjoyed it – worth the WAP ding.

As a sidenote, with the Celtics playing so poorly, we couldn’t find ANYONE who to buy the tickets off of us even at a loss.  Our other Celtics-loving friends all had plans, and no one else was interested in a team who loses at home.  So on the way to the show, we stopped off at our new favorite neighborhood bar, Wally’s, and asked if anyone was interested in free tickets (the game started in less than an hour).  One of the bartenders wanted them and was SUPER excited to go – a big C’s fan.  We figured if there was anybody to get in good with, it sure can’t hurt to make nice with the bartender at your new favorite hangout!

Boston / Concert / Moblog — 1 Comment
11
Mar 10

Jay-Z at the Garden (our Garden, not his)

We had awesome seats for Jay-Z‘s show.  We would love to have these seats for Celtics games!  We didn’t love the opening DJ.  And though we had heard good things about Trey Songz, we didn’t love (or like) him either.  But Jay-Z and Young Jeezy were absolutely awesome. It was a really fun show.

Our great view – the iPhone camera doesn’t capture it so well, but it was awesome!

All the lighters and cell phones:

Boston / Moblog / Sports — 1 Comment
27
Feb 10

Celtics v. Nets

Another L.  To the Nets! It was awful.  (104-96).  Don’t want to remember it.  Drowned our sorrows at Beerworks.

Boston / Sports — 1 Comment
31
Jan 10

Celtics v. Lakers

Arg.  A good game.  Great seats.  Actually, amazing seats.  But, we lost with a buzzer beater from Kobe.  So another home L from the Celtics (90-89) to adjust our WAP.  We sat next to Santa Grandpa Celtic Fan, the famous guy that is always on the Jumbotron! That was fun.  Sitting next to a Laker fan, who was rude to every one around him including old people?  Not fun.  Luckily, fights were avoided (barely).

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Boston / Family — 2 Comments
24
Jan 10

Happy Birthday to Josh!

Happy Birthday to Josh!  Thanks everybody for helping us celebrate his birthday, even from so far away!

Josh’s actual Birth Day.  (Not really, this is a few days later… after the blizzard of ’78 was over and Josh & Judi could go home.)  So this is George, Big Brother Thadd & Josh:

Baby Josh & the Fam:

Here Josh says, “I am 4!”  (I wanted to put a pic with Shan in!  Jackie & Grandma & Grandpa Mates are helping to celebrate the big FOUR.)

Here Josh says, “I am 4 (x 8)!”  Ha.

Becky got this awesome Celtics green tee for Josh!

And now Josh won’t be so cold with these great gifts from Mom & Dad!

And these South Africa guidebooks will be so useful! Thanks again Mom & Dad!

Watch out Dave!  Josh is going to beat you in shuffleboard now!  (Thanks Mom & Dad Allen!)

Manhattan is thrilled for Josh’s birthday.

As is Magellan.

Thanks again for the gifts and cards and phone calls and texts and Facebook wall posts.  It was a great birthday.  We finished it off playing Josh’s new Wii game (the shuffleboard and darts are our new favorites!), and cooking a great dinner that was made even better thanks to a Christmas gift from Shan – Argentinian wine, carted across the globe in her backpack!  A great way to celebrate 32 years.

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