FedEx Field Rocks...!!
Well, I know it's been quite long since that amazing weekend I spent up in Northern Virginia, which culminated with a classic battle between to NFC East rivals at FedEx Field in Landover, Md, but I still would like to write about it.
Of course it all started out, much to my chagrin a day earlier than I expected. We left Norfolk on Thursday and went up and spent the night at Steve's grandparents so we could get to the airport in the morning to pick up some of his cousins.
Friday we all (Steve's cousins included) went out for pizza (at the request of Rabbi Deitsch) to Mama Leah's in Rockville before heading to the homes of hour hosts that the Rabbi was so kind to arrange.
Friday night Steve, Tzvi and I had a wonderful Shabbos dinner at Rabbi Leibel Faijnland's house with much niggunim and l'chaims. Shabbos day there was a kiddush at the Chabad House where I gave a small talk about Chabad in Norfolk and the new Sandler Family Campus. Later on, after a visit to the Rabbi's house I took a much needed Shabbos nap, being that on Friday night I had gotten about an hours worth of sleep, no joke (I was wheezing and had no inhaler, and was battling a stuffed nose and a crappy bed all night!).
Motzei Shabbos was this party for Steve's grandparents that Steve insisted I come too, and I was happy I went. When I first got there I only knew 7 other people (Steve, his mom and dad and four cousins that spent Shabbos with us) but by the end of the night i was talking with many people after meeting the rest of Steve's exciting family. During the party i had a little pocket radio and i was listening to the Va. Tech - Miami game and when people found out i became the live scoreboard updater, even for people i didn't know. In the long run it turned out to be great fun. After the party we went out to the hotel where all Steve's cousins were and hung out there drinking beer,watching TV, telling jokes and just chatting for about two hours before we went back to our host and called it a night.
Sunday we woke early and davened Shachris at Chabad, and enjoyed their wonderful breakfast. After that we went to the brunch at Ruth and Harry's for the grandparents, of course not being able to eat. At the brunch we met up with Eric who had our tickets for the game. Eric is Steve's cousin and he has a bunch of seasons tickets to FedEx Field, and still felt he needed to sell them to us. i was not thrilled about that but was thrilled to see the game.
We left for Maryland at about 1:30 and we went to the kosher store up in Rockville and met with Ralph Rotfus for Lunch at the local kosher Chinese joint. Afterward we went to purchase beer for our tailgate party until we discovered that in Maryland you can only by beer in liquor stores, and that liquor stores are closed on Sunday. After much aggravation and searching we did find one place open and we bought two 24s and marched our way to the stadium, picking up Joe and Larry Sifen at their hotel on the way. Larry had a parking pass for us, really close to the stadium and we got a great location for the tailgating.
We setup our grill and started the party. This was an amazing party. We played catch, grilled, drank, cheered, argued, joked, and plain out and simple had amazing fun! We tailgated for almost four and half hours. We went through plenty of beer, hot dogs, hamburgers, and steaks, and enjoyed time with a group of Steve's friends that joined our party. We harassed eagles fans as they passed and marched in unison with the Redskins Marching band as they marched through the parking lot (a special perk for those who tailgate).
We finally entered the stadium about 10 minutes to gametime and made our way to our seats. During the second half of the game Tzvi and I went to the skybox that Larry and Joe were on complimentary 'box visitor' passes that Michael had sent for us. Up there we got 'complimentary' beer and soda, and smuggled a few for Steve back at the regular seats. We stayed until the end of the game, which by the way was awesome and ended with the Redskins besting the Eagles 17-10. Afterwards we went back out to our grill and continued to grill a little more before finally making our way out.
after stopping to drop off Larry and Joe and then the group of Steve's friends, we finally got on the 495 back toward Ruth and Harry's we got there close to 2:00 and managed only three hours of sleep. We left at 5:00 AM to return Tzvi to the airport and then Steve drove to Fredericksburg before i finished the journey.
Wow, what a trip!!
Hope to do it again sometime... But until then...
oVeR AnD oUt!!
Of course it all started out, much to my chagrin a day earlier than I expected. We left Norfolk on Thursday and went up and spent the night at Steve's grandparents so we could get to the airport in the morning to pick up some of his cousins.
Friday we all (Steve's cousins included) went out for pizza (at the request of Rabbi Deitsch) to Mama Leah's in Rockville before heading to the homes of hour hosts that the Rabbi was so kind to arrange.
Friday night Steve, Tzvi and I had a wonderful Shabbos dinner at Rabbi Leibel Faijnland's house with much niggunim and l'chaims. Shabbos day there was a kiddush at the Chabad House where I gave a small talk about Chabad in Norfolk and the new Sandler Family Campus. Later on, after a visit to the Rabbi's house I took a much needed Shabbos nap, being that on Friday night I had gotten about an hours worth of sleep, no joke (I was wheezing and had no inhaler, and was battling a stuffed nose and a crappy bed all night!).
Motzei Shabbos was this party for Steve's grandparents that Steve insisted I come too, and I was happy I went. When I first got there I only knew 7 other people (Steve, his mom and dad and four cousins that spent Shabbos with us) but by the end of the night i was talking with many people after meeting the rest of Steve's exciting family. During the party i had a little pocket radio and i was listening to the Va. Tech - Miami game and when people found out i became the live scoreboard updater, even for people i didn't know. In the long run it turned out to be great fun. After the party we went out to the hotel where all Steve's cousins were and hung out there drinking beer,watching TV, telling jokes and just chatting for about two hours before we went back to our host and called it a night.
Sunday we woke early and davened Shachris at Chabad, and enjoyed their wonderful breakfast. After that we went to the brunch at Ruth and Harry's for the grandparents, of course not being able to eat. At the brunch we met up with Eric who had our tickets for the game. Eric is Steve's cousin and he has a bunch of seasons tickets to FedEx Field, and still felt he needed to sell them to us. i was not thrilled about that but was thrilled to see the game.
We left for Maryland at about 1:30 and we went to the kosher store up in Rockville and met with Ralph Rotfus for Lunch at the local kosher Chinese joint. Afterward we went to purchase beer for our tailgate party until we discovered that in Maryland you can only by beer in liquor stores, and that liquor stores are closed on Sunday. After much aggravation and searching we did find one place open and we bought two 24s and marched our way to the stadium, picking up Joe and Larry Sifen at their hotel on the way. Larry had a parking pass for us, really close to the stadium and we got a great location for the tailgating.
We setup our grill and started the party. This was an amazing party. We played catch, grilled, drank, cheered, argued, joked, and plain out and simple had amazing fun! We tailgated for almost four and half hours. We went through plenty of beer, hot dogs, hamburgers, and steaks, and enjoyed time with a group of Steve's friends that joined our party. We harassed eagles fans as they passed and marched in unison with the Redskins Marching band as they marched through the parking lot (a special perk for those who tailgate).
We finally entered the stadium about 10 minutes to gametime and made our way to our seats. During the second half of the game Tzvi and I went to the skybox that Larry and Joe were on complimentary 'box visitor' passes that Michael had sent for us. Up there we got 'complimentary' beer and soda, and smuggled a few for Steve back at the regular seats. We stayed until the end of the game, which by the way was awesome and ended with the Redskins besting the Eagles 17-10. Afterwards we went back out to our grill and continued to grill a little more before finally making our way out.
after stopping to drop off Larry and Joe and then the group of Steve's friends, we finally got on the 495 back toward Ruth and Harry's we got there close to 2:00 and managed only three hours of sleep. We left at 5:00 AM to return Tzvi to the airport and then Steve drove to Fredericksburg before i finished the journey.
Wow, what a trip!!
Hope to do it again sometime... But until then...
oVeR AnD oUt!!
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