When Barb and I started going out 30 years ago, she lived in a little one bedroom apartment in Milpitas. We had the chance to drive by the old place a couple of weeks ago when we were meeting Tim and Linda for coffee at Starbucks in Milpitas.
The apartment that we shared for a little while was on the upper floor facing the street. Things haven’t changed much in 30 years. We moved out 6 months after we got married, and the rest is history!
The morning’s papers, hockey purists, and all the sports talk radio guys are calling the Sharks / Red Wings series one of the best in NHL history.
Up 3 games to none, it looked like the Sharks would cruise into the next round. Detroit battled back to even the series and force the nerve racking, heart pounding game 7 at the tank last night. We had already been to game 5 of the series, a mother’s day game where we were hoping to see the Sharks close out the series and move on. Turned out to be a disappointment as our boys lost a 4-3 heart breaker. Another loss in Detroit on Day before yesterday I got an email at work saying that I had won two tickets to game seven. Hp has an employee lottery for a limited number of tickets at the HP Pavilion. I’ve won tickets in the past to regular season games, but have never been lucky enough to score some playoff freebies. Needless to say, we were stoked! As luck would have it though, Barb wasn’t feeling it so she offered her golden ticket to John Downing, who hadn’t been to a hockey game since 1972.
We headed to San Jose early enough to do some serious game prep. A little tail gate time, then a short walk to Henry’s Hi Life for a quick one before heading to the tank. Needless to say, Henry’s was the place to be for pre-game festivities. When we first opened the door it looked like sardine city in there, but we quickly and deftly made our way in and and looked for an opening to the bar. The energy in the place was incredible. After our quick one we were outta there and on our way to the tank. Picked up our complimentary rally towel at the door and….let the game begin!!
Needless to say, the game 7 win was one of the most exciting (and LOUD) games I’ve ever been at.
Staci and Colin came for a visit! You can tell from the picture that he was thrilled to be here. Mali and Bruno didn’t know what to make of him. Either way it was great to see the little guy, if only for a while. He was grumpy when he wasn’t eating so Staci fed him and tucked him back in the car seat for the ride home. Sure is a cutie pie!
