After the King & I returned from Ann Arbor, Michigan to begin
2014, we got a visit from our pal Steve Fekete aka the Padre Punk who
was back in the Northeast. He came to see some more venues he needed as
he continues he quest to join Club 122. He spent his New Year's Day in
Upstate New York. He went to Utica with our other buddies from Buffalo,
Andrew Kulyk & Peter Farrell who met him there. They went to see the
Comets play at the Utica Memorial Auditorium which the guys from
Buffalo gave a rave review. The King & I went there in November. We
enjoyed our visit.
While the King & I
drove back from the Midwest, Steve drove down to NYC. We wound up
meeting up with Steve who returned the car he rented in New Jersey. He
wound up getting a ride to the Nassau Coliseum from me. He met up with
the King, our friend Frank Anichiarico aka Duck & I. He took public
transportation to Queens. Since I was off from work, we were able to
leave extra early which allowed us to get out there with plenty of time
to spare. We stopped off at Popeye's in Hempstead for a pre game meal. We then drove
over to the Nassau Coliseum to see the Islanders host the defending
Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks who Steve likes & follows
around. They were the main reason he came to visit us. After the game, I
drove him back into Queens where he took public transportation back to
New Jersey where he was staying while he was in the area. The weather
was getting bad as it started snowing as we drove back. Luckily I was
able to park the car on the street near the house that the King & I
live in.
Friday morning I went back to work.
After work, I took the subway to the World Trade Center where I picked
up the Path train to Newark. The Devils were playing the Blackhawks on
this night at the Prudential Center. Steve once again joined us as did
our new neighbor Sean MacDonald who had just returned from his NFL Stadium Journey. He saw all 32 NFL Stadiums during the 2013 season. He
started in Denver on Opening night in September & he finished the
regular season in Seattle on Sunday December 29th. A few days later he
returned to NYC which is where he calls home for the time being.
After
the game, Sean & I said goodbye to Steve since that Saturday we
went in different directions. Steve met up with the King as they both
went back to the Nassau Coliseum to see the Islanders play the Carolina
Hurricanes. Sean & I wanted to see more football so I extended the
car I rented for a week for an additional day. Thankfully I was able to
dig the car out of the parking spot Friday night. As a result, I was
able to pick up Sean around 11AM so we could drive down to Philadelphia
earlier because there was a college basketball game at 2PM in the area.
St. Joseph's Hawks were hosting the Denver Pioneers at the Michael J. Hagan Arena.
We were also joined by our buddy Andrew Van Cleve who showed up with his
son Dylan. It was great to see them again.
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| St. Joseph's Hawks basketball at Michael J. Hagan Arena |
After
the game, Andrew went back home to drop off Dylan. Sean & I went to
the Landmark Americana where we picked up our pal Frankie Centola who
had my ticket for the Eagles NFC Wild Card game with the New Orleans
Saints that night. I drove Frankie to Lincoln Financial Field then I
dropped Sean off at the Holiday Inn which is walking distance from the
Sports Complex since he wanted to watch as much of the early football
game between the Chiefs & the Colts as he could. In the meantime, I
went to park the car on the street. After I did so, I met up with Sean
at Holiday Inn where we both ate a pre game meal together. Shortly
thereafter, Andrew Van Cleve joined us there as well.
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| Prince at Lincoln Financial Field for Saints & Eagles NFC Wild Card Game |
As
for the game we saw, the Eagles put up a good fight but they wound up
falling short to the Saints who beat them, 26-24 to end their season
which turned out better than expected.
After
the game, I drove Sean back to Astoria with me. That Sunday I wound up
staying home after I returned the car I rented to Avis in the morning.
Since there were no local games in the area to go to, I watched the
other football games on TV. In addition, I got to catch up on some much
needed rest since I was ran around all week. As a result, I went to
sleep early that night.
Stay tuned for my w/o
1/6 in review. In addition, I plan to do some special posts that will
highlight some more of the adventures we experienced during the month of
January.
Thank you for reading & following along.
Yours truly,
Gary Herman
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