SJ.com Outing, er, GetTogether, Toronto, July 14-16

Idaho: Las Vegas next March as a pre-summer outing.

 

As I mentioned the other night, that was shot in our neighbourhood, right around the corner from The Blue Goose.

A couple of my kids' friends were extras in that.

God bless Mimico.

 

Perfect.

Why didn't my simple little mind think of Las Vegas?? Who doesn't want to spend a weekend in Vegas?
Methinks the first weekend of the NCAA hoops tournament would be a good time for 200 sports writers to sit around the sports book at Mandalay Bay.

 

bret saberhagen?

 

A few random things I've learned from this weekend:

• If there was a prize for biggest slap shot 10-feet over the net, Big Ragu would win it.
• He may be very, very old, but Spnited can still strike up conversation with blond 20-sumthings at 3 AM while waiting for pizza.
• My feet really hurt.
• It’s possible to have heated debate over the quality of warning-track at the Rogers Centre.
• Jones thinks I am a vandal.
• I am a vandal.
• Religion, politics and real estate should never be discussed when drinking.
• OrangeHatBobcat’s dream is to add a gaudy belt buckle to his wardrobe.
• There is a serial killer among us who knows WAY too much about the clutch purse.
• My feet really, really hurt.
• Sam Mills51 is as genuine and nice as I’ve heard he is.
• People from New York have no concept of law or order.
• Staten Island and Long Island are not the same place, though both have malls.
• New York has somewhere between 200 and 500 murders every year.
• OrangeHatBobcat Sr. knows more about Red Green than most Canadians.
• PaperDoll is a prolific candy shopper.
• Eavesdropping with Big Ragu is an entertaining art form.
• Double J knows far too much about groundhog death rituals.
• Did I mention my feet hurt? Because they do.
• HC is an amazing singer (OK, I knew this one already)
• Patchs is more interested in quality, not quantity. Though quantity is an “added bonus”.
• There are lots of really awesome people on this board.
• There is nothing better than Tim Hortons. NOTHING!

 

You also need someone from that city to step up and be host.

 

Bill Mazeroski. (Hi, Dooley!)

Only if you can actually find one open, that is.

Maybe I should turn in my Canadian citizenship, since I struck out in that department. Sorry, gang, I really was trying. :'(

Yeah, I know, I know. I will go to the box for two minutes, by myself, and I will feel shame. And then I get free.



(Hey, patchs, guess where I found this picture? ;D)

 

Set it up. Now. That's PERFECT.

 

No love for Fake Salt Lake?  Come on now, Modaho!  :

The Boy and I have arrived safely back in the big city.  I was stunned by the tourist trap the Canadian side of Niagara Falls has deteriorated into.  But The Boy was thrilled to visit a new Planet Hollywood.    He spent more time shopping for souvenirs than checking out the natural wonders right down the block.  (FarmerJ, you've gotta share some Falls photos too!)  

HC, JR, Maple Sugar, thanks so much for taking such good care of all of us this weekend!  (I am indeed addicted to chocolate... though it all melted on the drive home.  :'()   Thanks to Sam Mills, who patiently explained the source of his username, and didn't laugh at me for taking silly pictures of the Stanley Cup... with a flash. Oops.  FarmerJ, you totally rock!  Sorry about the strappy shoes.  Don't beat up DrJ too much, but get him to quit smoking!  Daddy Bobcat, you raised one great boy... too bad he's a sportswriter. Cradle Robber, try to live and let live -- and enjoy the baseball tour with your dad.  IJAG, you frighten me, but only in the best possible way.  Sptned, Dooley, Ragu, and the rest of y'all from the 'hood, don't be strangers (though some of y'all can't get much stranger!)  Huggy, I'm sorry I thought you were a girl!  ???  Mystery Guest No. 1, glad I got to meet you (albeit briefly).  Elliotte, I'm disappointed I didn't get to compare the real thing to the billboard.

I'll vote for Dallas next year, as long as it's the same weekend as the AWSM Convention (May 18-21, the weekend before Memorial Day).  As thrilled as I was to meet new sportschicks, it was disappointing that none of y'all are in the club!     Cadet, Gingerbread (and the rest of the advocates whose usernames I don't know), we've got a lot of work to do!

 

Sirs, Madames,

I wish I could say that I wish I could have made it.

YHS, etc

 

godDAMN I'm jealous. Fuck you all for having a great time. :'(

 

He's not the only one who feels that way... :-[