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Oct 11
No More Sox
We had playoff tickets – but it turns out the sox won’t be there. We are bummed but loved cheering on our team all season long. Additionally, we discovered a new trick. The first game of the season, we bought one of those ridiculously priced souvenir soda cups. They are huge, but there is no way that they are worth the cost. The lady selling soda reminded us they had free refills – which is kind of a joke because they are so big, you wouldn’t ever need a refill. But then she said, just bring it to the next game and then you won’t have to pay. We tried it out and they let us bring the empty cup back in to Fenway each game and we never paid for soda again for the rest of the season. We feel quite pleased with ourselves, if you can’t tell.
Also, Jeannette kept all the checked bag tags on the bag she brought to each game. It’s definitely time to take them off and wash the bag as it has been attacked by a malfunctioning ketchup squirter, sat in puddles of beer spilled by folks sitting behind us, and is full of peanut shell bits. But the collecting tags was fun while it lasted.
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Sep 11
Allen Visit
Mom and Dad Allen drove by this week while on their tour of the US. It was great to see them for a bit. We had fun taking Mitzi around Boston and hanging out in Foxboro in the motorhome. We went to Coda (which was much louder than we remembered – funny how that happens when you bring your parents!) and got to share the awesomeness that is Amsterdam Cafe frozen yogurt.
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Sep 11
Zinzinnati Oktoberfest
We celebrated Christmas with the Fiala’s a bit early this year. We had Christmas at Oktoberfest in Cincinnati. It was a great time with family and German beers and food and music. We made great memories and loved seeing Thadd‘s place in the city. We got to go to the Great American Ballpark and see the Red‘s play twice. We went on a steamboat ride too! We loved the weiner dog races, as well as the barrel and beer stein races. Jeannette also got to meet up with an old friend from MIT at the festival – it was the place to be! There was fun polka music and we would be remiss to not mention the great festival food again. We had LOTS of strudel, brats with sauerkraut, and cream puffs.
We have video of every wiener dog race heat – they were super cute and funny – but here is just one and also some of the barrel and stein races too.