tailgating Stories - Black Shoe Diaries
Random Patterns
I manage getting to sporting events about as often as I post, so I thought I would commemorate this solemn occasion with a few random thoughts. - Prior to the Iowa State game, I was riding the high of the big victory over Nebraska. Their coaches certainly look like Mensa members: So it meant...
Texas/ULM Post-Mortem
It's about damn time. After a brutally hot summer, the payoff for the first weekend of college football in Austin was hazy skies with a high around 90 degrees -- Alaska weather for these parts and all around prime tailgating conditions which Trips Right and I took full advantage of like Scipio at a...
The Peculiar Case of the Metrodome Site
With as many intriguing twists and head-scratching turns as the Minnesota Vikings' efforts to get a new stadium built in Minnesota have taken, the development that continually fascinates me is that the Metrodome site is likely the frontrunner in the stadium sweepstakes. Dome sweet home, sort of If...
Hey, at least we totally owned the tailgating (and a weather report)
The hours leading up to Saturday's game were pretty damn awesome. I had some drinks, ate, met a lot of good friends I hadn't seen since the end of last season and really soaked in the entire scene. The tailgate lots were packed, people were buzzing about and I think it started really setting in...
I think there might be a home game this Saturday...
Even though the Utes have officially played a home game (Montana State), this weekend really feels like the home opener. In fact, it will be the first Saturday game of the year and it's taking place in October. I don't recall that ever happening before and it's all due to a scheduling quirk that...
Plight of a Tailgating Rookie
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Common Sense Prevails; Melrose Avenue Vendors Allowed To Stay
via www.dailyiowan.com In a shocking bout of common sense, Iowa City city councilors rejected a bid to ban the vendors on Melrose Avenue in favor of more regulation in the form of permits. The city already issues temporary-use permits for other local events (i.e., Jazz Fest, Arts Fest, the...
On the Melrose Merchants, Kinnick Stadium, and the Continuing Evolution of Iowa City to Evanston
It's been like a game of whack-a-mole: In the past ten years, the University of Iowa and City of Iowa City have shut down the Field House lot to tailgating (that one was probably deserved; it was a madhouse), shut down parking on Myrtle Hill (allegedly over concerns that cars would roll out onto...
Captain Of The Tailgate: My Tailgating Playlist
Music is a truly underrated portion of the tailgating experience, in my opinion. Sure, everyone knows that tailgating involves lots of great food and much alcohol being consumed and things of that nature, but there should always be some form of music playing while you're cooking and eating and...
Captain Of The Tailgate: So Where Can We Tailgate At Vikings Games, Anyway?
Well, the title there may not be entirely accurate. . .technically, I suppose you could tailgate just about anywhere before a Vikings' game. But like every other stadium in the National Football League, the Metrodome has a few parking lots that are specifically geared towards tailgaters and the...
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