Day 19 - Baseball and Babes

Kevin stayed behind in NY while I went home to TX so that he could go to a game at the new Yankees stadium with his brother on Wednesday night. A life-long die-hard Yankees fan, Kevin had attended the final game at the old stadium before its demise and was a little skeptical as to whether or not the new stadium would measure up. The Yanks were playing the Orioles at 7:00pm, so Kevin went to the stadium a few hours early to give himself a stadium tour and catch some of the batting practice.

The final report on the stadium is that the historic nature of the franchise has been well preserved while also updating and modernizing the public spaces. Unique memorabilia can be found tastefully displayed near large plasma-screen tvs that broadcast the game throughout the stadium. The food choices have vastly improved with everything available to the fans from hot dogs to sushi. Overall - the Yankees fan gives it a thumbs up! The Yankees won 11 - 4. The first picture above is of Kevin and his brother, Patrick, at the game.

I spent the day in Austin hanging out with my sister Suzy before heading to my friend Gretchen's house for a little "Girls Night In" with her and Lauren for the evening. Due to a happy coincidence, our friend Georgia was also in town from D.C., so the four of us spent the evening catching up and solving the worlds problems into the wee hours of the morning. The four of us White House alumni spent alot of time traveling and working together over the years so we had alot to talk about! There is nothing like a familiar face in a old friend. I miss seeing and hanging out with these ladies more often. It was great to see girls who I will always consider good friends and get some quality girl time.

After many drinks, I decided to try and take a self-portrait of all of us using my camera's timer. That is my pathetic attempt above.