Games Galore!

The Labor Day weekend brought the Cardinals into town for a four game series with the Nationals.  It created an odd situation for us as lifelong Cardinals fans who have been caught up in Nationals fever this season. Obviously, we were very excited - Ben ended up working each game and Kelly saw two of the four.

(Thursday's game)

On Saturday, Kelly headed to Baltimore, MD for a friend's wedding. Unfortunately, Ben had to work the game, so Kelly had to fly solo. Sabrina, the bride, is of Bangladeshi decent and had a traditional South Asian wedding. Being a Methodist from the Midwest, it was a unique experience for Kelly. The majority of the guests were dressed in traditional saris and headdresses and the Muslim ceremony was conducted in Arabic (with English translations). 

 The reception, held at the Four Seasons at the Inner Harbor, was beautiful and very classy, much different from the Ho-latch wedding experience from a year ago! The crabcake/filet mignon while delicious, was no match for 17th Street BBQ and the homemade cornbread featured at our reception.

After eating cake and some wonderful traditional Bangladeshi desserts, Kelly headed back to D.C. around midnight (don't worry, she stayed away from the open bar).

 

On Sunday morning we headed out to the National Building Museum, which had a Mini Golf exhibit that Ben had wanted to check out for quite sometime. After much reluctance from Kelly, she compromised and suffered through the experience.

Just as Kelly feared, it was stupid. Kelly believes mini golf in general is stupid, however this course was exceptionally stupid. Oh well, marriage is all about compromise!

Each hole of the course had been designed by an architectural firm in town.  Unfortunately, while some of the holes appeared impressive they lacked playability.  Overall, it was a terrible exhibit and quite disappointing.

Following mini golf, Ben got ready and headed to Nationals Park.  Kelly spent a little quality time with the dogs and then headed down closer to the start of the game.

(Sunday's Game)

It is also worth watching this video from Sunday's game.   http://blog.letteddywin.com/2012/09/02/presidents-race-teddy-tricycle/

The Nationals won three of four from the Cards and took command of the NL East Division. 

On Monday, the Cubs came to town and Ben continued his marathon of Nationals games.   

On Tuesday, it was back to the commute and our day jobs for what would be a short week.  With the weekend came more baseball.

On Saturday morning Ben headed to the stadium.  He only had to work the pre-game, so Kelly biked down to the stadium for the game.  

 As if we hadn't had enough baseball, after the Nationals game we decided to head to Baltimore for the Orioles vs Yankees game that night to complete the Beltway Doubleheader.  We made it to the stadium right as the game started. 

The Orioles were trailing the Yankees by one game in the AL East Division and as a result, the game was sold out. Problem? No, Ben was able to win the war of awkward negotiations with ticket scalpers and got us two tickets for $20. 

As we took our seats in the packed stadium, Adam Jones hit a home run to tie the score. The stadium erupted and you could literally feel the ground shake. It was a great game with the Orioles getting out of a 9th inning bases loaded jam to secure the victory.

Due to another promotion day and shortage of employees, Kelly was recruited by Ben's boss to help out at Sunday's game. We had to be at the stadium at 8:30am. Ben took Kelly around the inside of the stadium, including the press box, clubhouse, the field and of course the Nat Pack room. It was along day of standing around in the sun and we were glad to get home and enjoy what was left of our Sunday.

At home we tried to relax a little, catch up on some life chores, and get ready for another week that arrived way too soon.