Are Phillies fans the only ones who tailgate?

On Saturday - Joe, Laura, and I went down to the Phillies game for a day of tailgating & the game. Joe's dad gave us tickets again (he still hasn't been to a game and has season tickets). We had a 4th ticket but could not find a friend to join us! During our tailgate we were wondering - are Phillies fans the only baseball fans that tailgate? We know that New Yorkers don't, I didn't see any San Francisco fans tailgating, Laura said Baltimore doesn't... it is just a weird concept! It is such a popular (& fun) thing here, I would think more places would do it! I am hoping we get to plan one more Saturday with a group of people to go down. I'm actually going to the game again tonight - it's Chooch (Carlos Ruiz) bobble head night! Kevin can't go so he gave my dad and I the tickets. This will be my 3rd game in the week; I don't have tickets to any more games of the season though.



We wanted to decoate sugar cookies for the game... who will win?




Sadly, I think Joe made a better "P" than I did.




I am sure all you bakers/artists are cringing at this picture b/c I was having trouble writing w/the icing pen. Next time I hope to do better.




We were "serious" tailgaters this time and were prepared w/all the necessary supplies - chairs, big table, grill, coolers, ladder ball... too bad it was just the 3 of us (you can get an effect of how "crowded" it was when we first got there.



Joe was put in charge of being grill master.


Now for a photo shoot w/our individualized cookies(yes, they are weight watcher friendly, syke)...






Beer pong is a little hard w/3 people.. so Laura & I decided to be on a team and let Joe play by himself!



We figured he'd be fine since he was a chugging champ in college :)





After a game or 2 of beer pong, we inticed Joe to go chat with this bachlorette party. We had this big table and wanted to play flip cup, so had to make friends!Here are Joe & Laura with "banana" silly bands the bach party gave them!




Just having a little fun on a Saturday



Us with our new friend Alicia, the bachlorette. She thought we were the nicest peeps ever! She's getting married Labor Day.



I had on my new tshirt from Rices .. this kid's name was Shane so he loved it and we thought it'd be funny to get a picture.



Where's Werth we wondering?? Dominic Brown was playing for him.



My bffs - Ryan & Chase!


We got on the jumbo tron so I tried to take our picture - this was my first time being on it!

All in all it was a fun day - at least the tailgating part. The Phils lost to the Nationals 8-1.. boo. Enjoy the posts while they last cause school is starting up soon. I had to go yesterday for meetings, but don't report full time until Monday. Have to go now so I can set up the classroom a little & blogger is being weird!