This fall (winter?) we had our dear friends, jOnny and Mel, visit. We didn’t get many pictures, and no great ones. We had so much fun going to Mike’s Diner, hanging out with Gary and Daniel at the Grand Dorchester House playing frogger and having Karaoke battles, and watching the showdown of the Colts and Pats (poor Pats, but Yay Gary). We had a great time and miss our friends greatly!
We missed our first home game of the season Wednesday, but are going strong with a 5 of 6 home game attendance record!
Unfortunately, we also have the poor fortune of seeing what is their second loss (97-86) of the season so far. The C‘s are now 8-2 and we have been in the Garden for both of their losses. We are going to start tracking our Win Attendance Percentage… of 5 games, we’ve we’re 3 and 2. Still above .500 so far.
Also, FYI, Ray Allen hates Diabetes. We got some posters and info about it. He is a good man.
We found the most greatest diner, Mike’s City Diner. We have walked by it a bunch and wanted to try it out, and we finally did. From the outside it looks retro, like it might be trying to be a throwback or character-type place. But, no, it just really is a vintage, greasy spoon diner. Only open from 6am to 3pm. It is just down Springfield from our place. Cheap. We loved it so much we were already trying to figure out when we go again and were wondering if the next day was too soon! We had homemade corned beef hash, scrambled eggs, chocolate chip buttermilk pancakes, homefries and a hot italian sausage breakfast sandwich… all that AND the coffee was great! We can’t to try their belgian waffles, omelets, and their bacon looked amazing!
It was a gorgeous day, and we needed to walk off our huge meal so walked down Washington and explored more of our neighborhood. Hopped on the bus to Chinatown to visit Vessel, the back on the bus to Southie where we spent the rest of the day. We finally made it to Machine Age and spent some time oohing and aahing over all the furniture. Then walked through the industrial waterfront areas of Southie and ended up at a bar, Blackthorn Pub, where we watched some horse races and soccer. Then we headed towards home, but stopped at a theater and watched the sequel to Jeannette’s favorite movie (Boondock Saints), Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. We both really like the first movie. The sequel definitely is not up to the same level as the first. Josh thinks the sequel was just meh. Jeannette was entertained and liked it – at least the reality of her favorite movie was extended. That was enjoyable.
Our Southie (and a bit of South End) Saturday was lots of fun!
Home Game 4. We are 4/4 for attendance.
Loss 1: 110-103.
Our Celtics are now 6 and 1. Undefeated was better, but this isn’t too bad at all!
It was hard to watch in parts, but the Garden crowd went CRAZY – staying in the game with the team.
No pics from tonight’s game. Instead some pictures from Beerworks after the game, toasting our team.
97-87. The Celtics are 4 and 0! And we are 3 for 3 for home game attendance! We’re going to try to attend as many Friday night home games as we can from here on out. We are checking out all the different sections and seating possibilities, in hopes of getting season tickets next year. It’s been interesting to note the different personalities that congregate in different sections.
And the FanFoto guy got us early in the night tonight. We were still pretty cute! But they are $$$. 😉 So, I will just link to it. http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?evgroupid=0&userid=celtics&gallery_id=1826194&image_id=12&pos=13
Our Home Game 3 view:
So Rajon got a little fired up, and seemed to let CP3 into his head – but it all worked out through the end of the fourth quarter – until the final handshakes, I suppose. Rondo is feisty! Some may not appreciate it, but it’s fun to watch – especially when we win.