Yup, I'm in New York. My friend Myron and I meet up every year for the All Star Game, and this year its at Yankee Stadium. We've rented a flat in a rowhouse in the East Village, which is cool, not to mention cheaper than hotels. We got in last night, wandered and had a great dinner at a Bavarian brewhouse called "Lederhosen" in the Village (which even had my favorite beer - Weihenstephaner Weiss - on tap). Today we'll go wander around for our tourist day, then the games start on Sunday through Tuesday. Tickets were outrageous, which I have to admit we didn't realize. Face value on the tickets is more than 3 times what face value was last year - that's face value, not an inflated scalped price. I'm not sure why they made such a jump - if thats a NY or Yankee Stadium thing or if MLB is just making that kinda jump in prices from now on. Yikes. Since I hate the Yankees with every fiber in my body, the good thing is that it gives me a chance to see Yankee Stadium (in its last year) without having to go a Yankees game. Plus, for as often as I've been in New York, its always been for work, and I've never really seen much of the city. Its a different state of mind than I've had for trips to NYC in the past. Kinda nice.
July 12, 2008
state of mind
Yup, I'm in New York. My friend Myron and I meet up every year for the All Star Game, and this year its at Yankee Stadium. We've rented a flat in a rowhouse in the East Village, which is cool, not to mention cheaper than hotels. We got in last night, wandered and had a great dinner at a Bavarian brewhouse called "Lederhosen" in the Village (which even had my favorite beer - Weihenstephaner Weiss - on tap). Today we'll go wander around for our tourist day, then the games start on Sunday through Tuesday. Tickets were outrageous, which I have to admit we didn't realize. Face value on the tickets is more than 3 times what face value was last year - that's face value, not an inflated scalped price. I'm not sure why they made such a jump - if thats a NY or Yankee Stadium thing or if MLB is just making that kinda jump in prices from now on. Yikes. Since I hate the Yankees with every fiber in my body, the good thing is that it gives me a chance to see Yankee Stadium (in its last year) without having to go a Yankees game. Plus, for as often as I've been in New York, its always been for work, and I've never really seen much of the city. Its a different state of mind than I've had for trips to NYC in the past. Kinda nice.
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