Category: Travel

  • Swag Report: Armenian Heritage Night (aka Kings vs Thrashers)

    Now that I have made it to San Jose, I can post the swag report from the Kings vs Thrashers game. First off, the puck I wanted to get the first time. I got the last one at the stand. Apparently, they keep selling out. Gee, I wonder why. As part of Armenian Heritage Night,…

  • Kings vs. Thrashers: Armenian Heritage Night was… Something Else

    I don’t mean to offend you, but some of you are not going to get this post. A hockey game is a hockey game. There are always people who are ready to remind you that a game is a game, the outcome is not going to have a major impact on the world, that is,…

  • Swag Report: Ducks/Reign Double (Bobble) Header

    Just a quick update on the swag I get at the games. Super busy day today. Here we go. The Reign game on the fourteenth was Anti-Valentines Day. Not that you would have known, aside from the Scrubs and Friends breakup scene clips. What everyone cared about was this: A bobblehead of the Dark Knight…

  • Ducks vs. Thrashers: Well, All Right, Then

    Sometimes, things play out as are expected. Sometimes the predictors are all correct, and the tension is let out of the room, and nothing can stop that momentum from carrying things to a final known destination. Don’t know what I am talking about? Here is a quote from Earl Sleek at his post before today’s…

  • Reign vs Wranglers: Yeah, OK

    The Citizens Business Bank Arena is nice. That’s really all I can say about it. There isn’t any character, there isn’t anything really special about it. The seats are fine, the site lines are fine (except for where my first seat was), the food is OK, and the beer is your normal selection (but they…