Peyton Manning putting on his helmet.
Merry Christmas, Jonathan!
The Browns vs. the Colts!
Rock and Roll!
Showing posts with label Cleveland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cleveland. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Cleveland Pictures
Peyton Manning putting on his helmet.Merry Christmas, Jonathan!The Browns vs. the Colts! 
Monday, December 1, 2008
Cleveland
We are back from Cleveland. I will post pictures tomorrow when I am back in Dallas. The trip was great! Better than either of us expected, I think. We arrived late Saturday afternoon and got a cab to our hotel which was right downtown. Our room had a great view of the city, and the hotel was within walking distance of a ton of restaurants and also the football stadium.
On top of everything, the hotel was hosting a convention for the movie "A Christmas Story." They had a walk-through model of the house and a prop museum, and they were showing the movie in a continuous loop on the big screen all day long as well as airing some documentaries about the making of the movie. Apparently some of the actors were there, too, but we didn't see any of them in person. Then, that night there was a Christmas parade down the main street, and our room had such a good view we ordered a bottle of champagne and watched it from our window. Fun, fun, fun! We had no idea there would be so much going on!
Sunday we slept in and ate our hotel breakfast, then moseyed on over to the stadium. There were a ton of people walking over at the same time, and they were all wearing Browns logos all over their clothes. Jonathan turned to me and said, "I don't know what to do with myself!" He's so used to being the only Browns fan, and there we were surrounded by an entire city of Browns fans. It was fun!
Our seats were awesome. We sat on the Colts' sideline, and right after we sat down I was like, "Hey, that's Peyton Manning right there drinking Gatorade." And it totally was. I am proud of myself for recognizing a football player. If I had yelled something at him he totally would have heard me. We were that close. He's skinny. I wasn't expecting that.
After the game (the Browns lost 10-6), we strolled over to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It was going to close in an hour and a half, and the staff was all, "You guys had better hurry!" But, really, an hour or so of looking at rock and roll paraphernalia is all I can take, and I felt like I saw plenty of stuff in that time. My favorite thing was a T-shirt that the drummer of U2 made in high school art class. He silkscreened "U2" onto a white T-shirt with a green circle on it when he was like 17. It's the first U2 T-shirt ever. They also had a collection of their rejection letters from record companies. I thought it was the best part of the exhibit, and I'm not even a huge U2 fan. I just thought their exhibit actually told a story about the band instead of just displaying a bunch of their crap.
I also actually liked the Jimi Hendrix exhibit even though I can't honestly say I've ever sat down and listened to a Jimi Hendrix song. That's not to say I haven't heard one in passing - I've just never made a deliberate effort. They had a bunch of his drawings on display. Two of them were of medieval knights fighting. The rest were mostly football team drawings and motor boats. One was of a good shepherd and his flock. Looking at teenage Jimi Hendrix's drawings made me want to listen to grown-up Jimi Hendrix's music. Jonathan said he has a Hendrix album. I will have to listen to it.
We got up at 4 am this morning to catch our plane to Dallas. All went well, we got our Toad from my mom's house, and came home. I took a nap and drove to my class. Now I'm in Waco procrastinating with this blog. Whew!
On top of everything, the hotel was hosting a convention for the movie "A Christmas Story." They had a walk-through model of the house and a prop museum, and they were showing the movie in a continuous loop on the big screen all day long as well as airing some documentaries about the making of the movie. Apparently some of the actors were there, too, but we didn't see any of them in person. Then, that night there was a Christmas parade down the main street, and our room had such a good view we ordered a bottle of champagne and watched it from our window. Fun, fun, fun! We had no idea there would be so much going on!
Sunday we slept in and ate our hotel breakfast, then moseyed on over to the stadium. There were a ton of people walking over at the same time, and they were all wearing Browns logos all over their clothes. Jonathan turned to me and said, "I don't know what to do with myself!" He's so used to being the only Browns fan, and there we were surrounded by an entire city of Browns fans. It was fun!
Our seats were awesome. We sat on the Colts' sideline, and right after we sat down I was like, "Hey, that's Peyton Manning right there drinking Gatorade." And it totally was. I am proud of myself for recognizing a football player. If I had yelled something at him he totally would have heard me. We were that close. He's skinny. I wasn't expecting that.
After the game (the Browns lost 10-6), we strolled over to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It was going to close in an hour and a half, and the staff was all, "You guys had better hurry!" But, really, an hour or so of looking at rock and roll paraphernalia is all I can take, and I felt like I saw plenty of stuff in that time. My favorite thing was a T-shirt that the drummer of U2 made in high school art class. He silkscreened "U2" onto a white T-shirt with a green circle on it when he was like 17. It's the first U2 T-shirt ever. They also had a collection of their rejection letters from record companies. I thought it was the best part of the exhibit, and I'm not even a huge U2 fan. I just thought their exhibit actually told a story about the band instead of just displaying a bunch of their crap.
I also actually liked the Jimi Hendrix exhibit even though I can't honestly say I've ever sat down and listened to a Jimi Hendrix song. That's not to say I haven't heard one in passing - I've just never made a deliberate effort. They had a bunch of his drawings on display. Two of them were of medieval knights fighting. The rest were mostly football team drawings and motor boats. One was of a good shepherd and his flock. Looking at teenage Jimi Hendrix's drawings made me want to listen to grown-up Jimi Hendrix's music. Jonathan said he has a Hendrix album. I will have to listen to it.
We got up at 4 am this morning to catch our plane to Dallas. All went well, we got our Toad from my mom's house, and came home. I took a nap and drove to my class. Now I'm in Waco procrastinating with this blog. Whew!
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Merry Christmas 2007
So, I finally got J his Christmas present today. I got us tickets to the Cleveland Browns v. Indianapolis Colts game Thanksgiving weekend at the Browns stadium in Cleveland. So, I spent the afternoon planning the trip. I didn't realize there was so much to do in Cleveland! Now I am very sad we are only there for 2 nights, and all of one day will be taken up by the game. There is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame plus the Cleveland Museum of Art has a kick-ass medieval collection. I am really looking forward to the trip! Not that we're going to get to do all that stuff, but I just really enjoy going places where there's stuff to do. I don't really know anything about Cleveland, but I already like it. Plus, I also really, really like planning trips. And going on trips. And going places I've never been. And I can take another state off my list! Ohio - check! But you know what the best part really is? That I get to share something with my husband that he's loved practically his whole life. I'm actually really excited about the football game. I can't wait to share this experience with him. I think it'll be good times!
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