The Weekend in review (Part II)

7/7/07

My post for 7/7/07 pretty much tells you what I did during the day. Let me tell you what happened in the evening and it may “esplain” why I’m muy cansado.


Sikorski gave me a ticket to the Astros game. He was going to sing the National Anthem. He also invited AttyHou and Everyday Italian. Well…we had to get there around 530P to get our tickets and get seated. Just as we were loading up The Cal Mobile, the heavens opened up. High winds. Torrential downpour. Sheets of rain coming sideways.


We’re not that far from Minute Maid Park but the traffic signals were messed up downtown and the lightrail was slowing things down. And while the typhoon was swirling around us, Rihanna’s Umbrella (Rafael Lelis Radio Mix) started playing. Too funny. We found street parking about five blocks away and ran with our umbrellas. They didn’t do much good. We were soaked! Not sure if you can tell how wet I got from this photo. Look at my shoulder.

Can you see how wet I am????

The game went into extra innings. We left at the top of the 11th. The Mets won in the 17th…yes, as in 8 extra innings.

Here is Sikorski singing before the game.

Brad Ausmus at bat.

Sikorski, Everyday Italian, AttyHou & Steve

We went home and did costume changes (changed out of our wet clothes) before heading over to Quadra-3. Trevan, Dan, Gary and Ray throw a joint b’day party. It was fun to catch up with people that I haven’t seen in awhile. There was some buzz going around the party about Kaye Sedilla returning to town on July 15 at Miss Mint Julep. I sure hope she knows to expect a crowd!

So I had every intention of calling it an early evening but I was hungry and so were AttyHou and Everday Italian. We load up The Cal Mobile again and head over to House of Pies (aka House of Guys). Can you believe they were almost out of pie? Granted it was close to midnight but still! Puhleeeze. I wanted Bayou Goo Pie and all I got was Italian Dream Cake…oh and a chicken fried steak sandwich.

I didn't take this photo. THIS photo has pies in it.

07-07-07

What were you doing at the 7th second of the 7th minute of the 7th hour on the 7th day of the 7th month of the 7th year of the 21st (3x7=21) century?

I was doing a 6 mile run at Memorial Park and it was full of people. I think we were all trying to get a run in today before it rains...again. NoRO and surrounding neighborhoods were hit hard yesterday afternoon. Everything is wet. The ground can't absorb any additional water.

There was a guy in the jungle gym area yelling to everyone that today is the 07-07-07. Things like that are disturbing to me. LOL I turned up the iPod and continued with my post-run stretching.

I stopped by the office for a quick fix and it was crowded. Who are these people that are only there on the weekends????

Waiting for Mo

Sundance Channel is running continuous coverage of Live Earth. They're currently showing live coverage from Wembley Stadium. Curious minds want to know when Madonna is going to perform? Word on the street is that she will perform a new song! I wonder if she will speak in her fake British accent? Who knew that a girl from The Motor City had a British accent?

As a reminder to my readers, do what you can to recycle. It ain't easy being green but try to do your part.

And here's a tidbit for you runners...take your worn out running shoes to a running store that will either send them to children in Africa who want to run but have to do it barefoot or recycle the soles to use for the rubber cushion at playgrounds.

Belated Birthday Greetings

Yesterday was Tall Bryan's birthday. Tall Bryan used to live in The Bayou City and now resides in The ATL. Hope it was a happy b'day Bryan.

777

I was curious. What is the story about 777?

(from Wikipedia) Triple Seven (or Triple 7, Three Sevens, Three 7s, T7, 777 or 7-7-7) is a common winning line in simple slot machines, as common as 3 gold bars, 3 gold bells or 3 red cherries. Being dealt three 7 cards in Blackjack is almost a sure win, as they would add up to 21. Seven is considered a lucky number in Western culture.

The date of July 7, 2007 (7-7-07), being considered a "lucky day", will mark the celebration of many weddings, including celebrities such as Tony Parker and Eva Longoria.

(I wonder how many people scheduled a flight on a Boeing 777 today?)