Mikey's Birthday

Mikey's Birthday
Originally uploaded by Michael Saffle

My Godson Mikey turned five this weekend and Nohora and I went to his birthday party at the Lego Store in Arundel Mills Mall. Have you not heard of a Lego store? I hadn't either but after this weekend I feel like I was robbed as a child. All the kids got a box of legos to play with an instructions on what they could build. After the party ended the kids got to keep their creations and it was on to the food court for cake!

This has to be more fun than Chucky Cheese was when I was a kid. Well, Chucky Cheese had pizza and arcade games which was pretty boss. Do they even exist anymore? Arcade games that is, not Chucky Cheese. I think Chucky Cheese still exists. They changed their name to Dave and Busters.

So what was my point? Oh yea, happy birthday Mikey. Nohora and I loved your Star Wars cake. Click on Nohora to see all the pictures of the party. This one was my favorite.

Michael

He Shoots, He Scores!

Have you heard of Lester Patrick? He was one of the great old-time managers who would, on occasion, take the ice himself during a game. Check out this story from Wikipedia about the 1928 Stanley Cup finals:

"Patrick is famous for an incident which occurred during the Stanley Cup finals of 1928. At the age of 44, while serving as coach and general manager of the Rangers, Patrick inserted himself into a playoff game to play goal against the Montreal Maroons due to an eye injury to starting goaltender Lorne Chabot. Patrick allowed one goal in helping the Rangers to an overtime victory. The Rangers went on to win the Stanley Cup."

Thank you to Rich Eisen of the NFL network for talking about this story on the Dan Patrick Show yesterday.

Ho! Ho! Ho! Letters to Santa!

Ho! Ho! Ho! Letters to Santa!
Originally uploaded by Michael Saffle

Did you send a letter to the fat man up North? Well, some of those letters are diverted and sent to me! Sorry little Jimmy. You ain't going to get that PS3 this year. Muhahaha!

Bad Santa

Starbucks in London

Starbucks in London
Originally uploaded by Michael Saffle

I was having my morning coffee and thought about London for some reason. That reminded me that out of all the local coffee shops I could have went into, I went to Starbucks to get my caffeine fix. Lame you say? Well, maybe. Check out the comments on the flickr site. My friends and family were not impressed either.

I miss London and have to get back. If you know a nice place to get coffee let me know.

Michael

I love Belgium beers

Poperings Hommel Ale
Originally uploaded by Michael Saffle

I'll give credit to my friend Dan Moses who introduced me to the Belgium beers I now love OH so much. This one, Poperings Hommel Ale, was a nice one though not as strong as a Duvel. I think it was around $8 a bottle which is not that bad for a beer with 7.5% by Vol.

Going to France next year and will try to do a quick day trip to Belgium while I'm there.

If you have suggestions on a Belgium beer I should try or a place to visit in Belgium please leave them in the comments.

Michael

Do you know this man? (I might)

I am a little worried I do know this man.

Trip to the ballpark

We had the chance to go to the Camden Yards to see the Baltimore Orioles host the Boston Redsox. The park was beautiful as always and the two people who had not been before (my wife and brother in-law) love it.

The big draw for the Redsox fans around us was the pitcher, Daisuke Matsuzaka. The O's stink and the Sox are pretty good so I was expecting the home team to lose. I was right. But that didn't dampen the mood. It was a great day and I even was able to sneak a few pictures of Daisuke before being kicked out of the area. Remember, it's way easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission.

Michael