Leaving on a Jet Plane

Tomorrow morning, bright and early, Laura and I will be heading off to New York City. We will be hitting up all the normal tourist destinations: Empire State Building, Ellis Island, an art museum, a play on Broadway. I'm excited for all of them. But I'm extremely excited for the back to back nights of baseball we will be watching in the Bronx and Queens. Tuesday night we are lucky enough to see a game at Yankee Stadium. And were not seeing some random team take on the Yanks. We are seeing our very own Minnesota Twins in the House that Ruth Built. Watch the game on Tuesday and you might see some Twin fans asking Bert to circle them. The next night we hop over to Shea Stadium to see the battle for first place in the NL East between the Mets and Phillies. I'm excited to cross off another stadium on my list of ballparks even though everyone says Shea is a dump. I've watched more than a hundred games at the Metrodome. How much worse can Shea be? We'll also get a look at the new stadiums the two teams are moving into next season. Once I see them I'll probably start planning my next trip to NYC.

Before we go to New York, Laura and I have important plans for tonight. As I'm sure everyone is aware of, The Dark Knight opened at midnight this morning. We are seeing it tonight no matter what happens. It will be a huge relief to finally see it as the wait has been excruciating. This week has been the most difficult as reviews, clips, and trailers are everywhere. I don't want to see or read any important information about the movie, but the temptation is hard to squash completely. I read one full review from City Pages, and thankfully they did not give much away. I'm ready to sit down in an air conditioned theater with some popcorn and soda and lose myself in Gotham City.

All this means that there will be no blogging until Thursday at the earliest when we return from New York. Look for a new entry to likely show up on Friday before we head out again on another trip, this time to the old homestead in Appleton. After the vacation, expect blogs about the food we ate in New York, the ballgames we saw, and our impressions of NYC. There will certainly be a review of The Dark Knight as well. NYC, here we come!