Scottsdale, AZ
Get up and get to the gym -- their gym here is spectacular by the way; no broom closet with a belt-driven bike by Jack LaLanne and two mismatched dumb bells -- no siree, me.
We head off to the A's game in Tucson.
And...then...we...hit...trrrrrrrr.....aaaaaa......ffff.....iii....cccccc.....
No joke. After about 15 minutes of it, I say to dad how 'bout we scrap it and go catch a game up in Phoenix? He's cool with it, so across the median we roll and northbound we are. I have a pee-panic moment -- you ever get that where you have to urinate INCREDIBLY BADLY and you're driving and there should be a McDonalds or a Starbucks but there isn't and...thankfully there's construction all over Phoenix and that means port-a-potties (Or KIBO's for you Iowans)?
So anywho, we get to the game and our ol' pal from Houston, Rudy Wrabel, is here. It was a pleasure to see him and his brother, Stephen. We also met Rudy's friend Scott, with whom he'll be making his own 30-ballpark trip this summer. Very cool.
The game is fun but ends in a 4-4 tie after the Cubbies rallied from a 4-2 defecit in the bottom of the 9th. After the big rally the umps left the field. I guess that's pretty much that. The Cubs fans declared since they scored the last runs they won. The White Sox fans begged to differ. Good stuff.
We went up to Frasher's Steakhouse in Scottsdale after the game which was kind enough to let us pin up a couple of posters for the screening. I had an awesome veggie burger -- I know that sounds odd to you meat-eaters but it really was delicious.
Then it was off to the film festival. They were thrilled to see us -- took pictures, got us our passes and all that. Dad and I went into an independent film from Puerto Rico. It was pretty good -- Dad's first experience in a film festival (not including Boys of Summer).
The festival director took me into the theater we're going to screen in on Thursday -- whoa. Talk about goose pimples. 580 seats. Biggest screen in all of Arizona. We work out some party details for Thursday -- it looks great.
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