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A group of us will be heading to East Lansing for the first time this weekend.  I was wondering if there were any tailgating/parking restrictions or rules we should be aware of before I get there.  Does anyone know which lot the PSU tent will be set up in?

Also, any suggestions about where to go or where not go while visiting East Lansing?  Restauants, bars???? 

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i went in 05

i didn’t have any problems with my mini grill or drinking, no one gave me any problems. the downtown thats close to the stadium kind of feels like a microcosm of a downtown. There was, however, a hoagie shop that sold huge hoagies, im talking like, when cut in fours, they could serve a family. they were amazing too. so you got that going for you, which is nice.

For the glory

by lionalum05 on Nov 16, 2009 12:02 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Just bring

A bottle of whisky, flame thrower, and 2 time outs. Park on the lawn and show them the hate.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill Cosby

by psu on Nov 16, 2009 12:08 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

holy cow that was long

normally I preview it, but my preview button hasn’t worked since the upgraded site, and I didn’t want to risk losing it all. Enjoy the novel, I guess.

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 16, 2009 2:34 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Mongolian BarBeQue

Interesting?

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi

by PaJoe on Nov 16, 2009 7:18 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Mongolian BBQ joints

are usually attached to Chinese buffets (at least in SE Virginia). Ok if you like that sort of thing. Any I have tried have been remarkably similar.

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Nov 17, 2009 2:15 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

oh, one other bar I forgot, that I go to occasionally

Dublin Square. Probably the “fanciest” bar immediately in town, and I think a bit more expensive than the others, but I enjoy it. They also have 2 sections, up front with the main bar, and a stage with usually good live music, and then in the back with darts and a pool table and usually a DJ.

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 16, 2009 5:24 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

oh, and for the best Long Island Iced tea (in my opinion at least)

the Peanut Barrel has them for $5, they taste good, and 2 of them (they limit people to 2 each) will get most people started on a pretty good night ;-)

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 16, 2009 5:25 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I only made it to

“I live in East Lansing” and I got so sad for you JuggerNitt that I couldn’t read the rest of your novel.

We are not normal. We are legends.

by NittanyAlum02 on Nov 17, 2009 8:06 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

rec'd for brevity

"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.

by millzners on Nov 17, 2009 11:25 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

lol, I really didn't mean it to be this long

but whenever I try to preview and then post anymore it asks me to save some file instead of actually posting, and then I lose everything. It didn’t seem that long as I was typing, though :-p

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 17, 2009 2:03 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Is that near El Segundo

I left my wallet there once.

"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69

by jtothep on Nov 17, 2009 12:28 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Don't stay in East Lansing

As bad a rep as Dee Troit has, it’s head and shoulders above the EL. Plus, when you’re there, you can do yet another upgrade and head over to Windsor.

Or, you can listen to JNitt, whose above post may or may not be a self-subliminal attempt to rationalize his graduate school decision.

"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69

by jtothep on Nov 16, 2009 2:35 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I assume the poster "Jeannine"...

has no interest in Canadian boobies.

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Nov 17, 2009 2:11 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, she probably prefers the American kind

I suppose I shoulda supplied that info. For topless there is a place called Omars kinda close to the capital building in Lansing. If I recall correctly, when you “tip” you can lay on the stage and hold the $ strategically, and they’ll come and pick it up. If a girl lays on the stage to tip like this, the strippers will sometimes have a little “fun” with them (asking first, of course).

Then there’s the chain “Cheetahs” a few miles south, typical topless club/bar.

Finally, for the full nude connoisseur, then head on down to the Deja Vu. They don’t serve alcohol, though (like in PA)

And jtot will probably reconsider his distaste for my ex after this little tidbit: she’s the one that has dragged me to all those places (unfortunately she hated Penn State and football and sports in general)

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 17, 2009 2:29 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Did she want you to

approve of her working conditions?

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Nov 17, 2009 2:41 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I reconsidered

And she still sucks. You’re a better man for having moved through that (so to speak). And for the record, brother, at the top of the list of black marks for that chic is she prevented us from having a beer together on the sunny golf course of the Rose Bowl!

Omars sounds quite Windsorian.

"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69

by jtothep on Nov 17, 2009 2:50 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I've actually never been to Windsor

around here it is where all the 19 & 20 yr olds go to be able to go out drinking, but I’ve never heard anything but praise for Canadian strip clubs. I’d imagine Omars is nowhere near as fun.

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 17, 2009 3:20 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

3 words

SUNDOWNERS – Niagara Falls

That is all

"Every player we have, someone—maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone—poured their life and soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world." - Joe Paterno

by Horse N Buggy on Nov 17, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

went in 05

Had no problems walking around with Beer even though I was there for a riot in ‘00 that was suppose to be over the ending of on-campus tailgating? Stayed in EL and it sucked as jtothep said. Some guys smoking tree were parked by my car and spit all over it. Didn’t even have any PSU stuff on it at the time. The hotel also sucked but I never spend too much on those things so that was probably part of my issue.

JoePa in '09

by JGuiher on Nov 16, 2009 3:39 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

by the way

I have 2 extra tickets for this game, if anyone on here is interested (otherwise I may be forced to sell to one of my MSU friends).

I got them through PSU, they’re in “East Upper, section 105”. Face value is $49

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 16, 2009 3:45 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Mediterannean Food

JNitt – isn’t there some sort of mediterannean food place downtown on the strip? I recall eating there when I visited in 2007 but can’t remember the name of the joint for the life of me.

It was an odd place to pre-game, but it had really good food.

by cjapsu on Nov 16, 2009 5:05 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

probably Woody's Oasis

their food is pretty good, and if you go to their place in the main “strip” area (there are a few of them scattered around town) they have this drink called a Stoli around the world which is basically just a bunch of stoli’s mixed together, and sometimes it is on special, so it is a good tasting, relatively inexpensive buzz. As a bar it is relatively decent…I don’t tend to go there as I usually forget about it, but it is ok.

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 16, 2009 5:22 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

That's the one

I have no idea how or why it was recommended to me. Definitely an odd choice for East Lansing, MI.

by cjapsu on Nov 16, 2009 5:43 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

what's even weirder is they have some agreement with the housing and food services on campus

so all the on campus food stops sell their stuff, and in the International Center (bascailly the second, nicer Union building on campus, right next to the stadium) food court one of the four options for food is also Woody’s. I like their food and all, but their prices (at least for the on campus options) have nearly doubled over the past 3 or 4 years, so I haven’t gotten it in a while.

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 17, 2009 9:02 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

This has probably already been said but..

MSU allows open containers as you walk through campus, as long as its not liquor. Strap on the beer belt!

by MrBrianPSU on Nov 17, 2009 5:23 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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