So where was your wife at?

I am off for the next week but I am not traveling anywhere. So... drinking!

"Forgive him - he knows not what he does."

Please Sir! Mrs. Ich has had to fend off many a slick legging from the likes of Terd, Grubes and Rowdyhatin' Walt over the years. I am continually reminded that I definitely "married up!"

:fu:

I went on vacation to Colorado. I did not buy any pot.

Why not buy pot? What else does that state got?

I vacationed in Charleston, SC and bought gobs of pot. Have you ever been to Charleston? It's a lovely city with a rich history that is heavily populated with over the top southern preppies. Anyhoo, do you know what I did that got my yankee all in a doodle? I forgot and left my phone locked in my truck in the airport parking lot. That's a weird feeling, not having a phone for a week.

We are driving up to New York this Summer to visit the wife's family. We will be upstate in the Rochester/Niagara area for the first part and have many fun activities planned. Do you like activities? But then we will be in the New York/Jersey area for several days. Have any of you taken kids to New York? We're not ready to get the kids on the subway yet so probably not going into Manhattan. Maybe we'll take a subway across to One World Trade and take them to the observation deck. Maybe not. We might do the Statue of Liberty since you can take a boat there from New Jersey. What did you do with your kids in the New York area?

That's a good call. The World Trade Center is in Manhattan, but that's a pretty safe area.

Is the dude who thinks you should start with the Phantom Menace going to be there?

I took Tit Jr to NYC when was 11 or 12. Even at that age, taking a kid there is stressful AF. The subway isn't so bad as long as you do your research and know your route. The kids would probably enjoy Central Park, but seriously avoid Times Square. They'll wanna get their pics taken with Trash Elmo (and you'll want one with Captain America.) If you're going to the Mets game, the subway drops you off right at the park, and the trip there is pretty easy. Queens doesn't attract nearly as many hustlers and creeps as Manhattan does.

Also enjoy Rochester. I was born there, though I don't think they've commemorated it yet.

I took my sainted mother to a game at Yankee stadium in the bleachers like 15 years ago at the old stadium. The bleacher bums couldn't have been nicer.

When I said the fans at Yankees-Mets at Citi were obnoxious, I meant that in a good way. The best was a twenty-something Mets fan behind me. He was wearing a blue t-shirt with a solid Mets orange Che Guevara head with "Viva Shea" below it. An Asian pitcher was starting that night for the Yankees and, every time he came up to bat, the Mets fan would scream in the thickest NY accent, "HIT EM! MAKE HIM RUN THE BASES!" He explained after the first at bat that he was thrown out after a base running error at some point that season. The Asian Yankees fan in front of me died laughing every time he did it.

Edit: Went back and looked and it was Chien Ming Wang. He got the win that night and that was his second to last appearance of the season before getting hurt. That night was also save #500 for Rivera.