Monday,
January 12th "Happy Birthday Mom!; 5 hours of Americana"
I know mom, I'm a
day late, but I did send a card! Anyway, happy birthday!!
Saturday night was
NFL playoff night, and if you haven't heard it enough already my satellite
receiver was stolen so half the reason I subscribed to satellite - NFL
playoffs - is now looking like a bad deal. What to do when you want to
see an American sporting event? The Tex-Mex bar, of which I have some
mixed feelings. The prices are high, the food decent and on some nights
it's a great place to be. Like this past Saturday. The bar was filled
with Americans in the back room, almost all of them abroad students. A
few others must have been travelers - a Panther fan and another fellow,
one of whom I may have encouraged to go there in a travel forum. For those
of you who saw the game you know it was a great one (if you were a Panthers
fan) - double overtime victory with both sides sweating it out. Plenty
of pints of Cruzcampo were consumed as I tried to calm my nerves. On to
the championship and perhaps the first Superbowl? We'll have to wait and
see.
satellite
receiver was stolen so half the reason I subscribed to satellite - NFL
playoffs - is now looking like a bad deal. What to do when you want to
see an American sporting event? The Tex-Mex bar, of which I have some
mixed feelings. The prices are high, the food decent and on some nights
it's a great place to be. Like this past Saturday. The bar was filled
with Americans in the back room, almost all of them abroad students. A
few others must have been travelers - a Panther fan and another fellow,
one of whom I may have encouraged to go there in a travel forum. For those
of you who saw the game you know it was a great one (if you were a Panthers
fan) - double overtime victory with both sides sweating it out. Plenty
of pints of Cruzcampo were consumed as I tried to calm my nerves. On to
the championship and perhaps the first Superbowl? We'll have to wait and
see.