[Jack Quinn]

First day of the trip, pretty uneventful day. We drove from Detroit to Utica New York. Utica is a pretty nice little town here, and I have to say upstate New York is a nice area. Easy drive and all that, almost no traffic, no construction, just a whole lot of toll roads.

We are staying in a REALLY nice hotel, the Hotel Utica. This place was built in 1912, so of course, being the history wank that I am, I love it. It was pretty expensive, so we were slumming up for the night. I don't have any pictures yet, they will come tomorrow, I plan on taking a bunch before we leave. It kind of reminds me of the hotel in the Shining. Though, I have to say if I see a man blowing some guy in a bear suit, I will have to wonder what the hell Solly is doing in New York.

Tomorrow we head to the Hall of Fame, I am really looking forward to that. Lots of pictures I hope, and hopefully have more time to post this a little earlier.

Ok until then, I will write more tomorrow. A couple rum and cokes with dinner has made me a little loopy.

[Mikey]

Jul 6, 2008 0:25:16 GMT -5 Jack Quinn said:

and I have to say upstate New York is a nice area.

Some of the best days of my life were spent in upstate NY. Summer up there is incredible.

Tomorrow we head to the Hall of Fame, I am really looking forward to that. Lots of pictures I hope, and hopefully have more time to post this a little earlier.

Take loads of pics and enjoy your trip back in time. It's the coolest place I've ever been to.

[Lucky]

I haven't been to the Hall in a decade and my friends and I have been trying to organize a trip for a couple of years now as they've never been there (weird how the simple, overnight, few hours drive trips somehow get harder to plan than the big plane ones). But it is awesome and make sure you give yourself a lot of time and take in the full town. Its a complete baseball town and just about my dream place. Take in DoubleDay field, take a walk around town and check out some of the shops. Decent chance a Hall of Famer will be in town and signing somewhere. Point is there's a LOT to do in that little town including other Museums.

Are you doing Yankee Stadium? If so people will tell you to go to Stan's across the street from the Stadium. They're not wrong to do so as it is tradition and part of the Stadium but you'll quickly discover that its packed to the gills and impossible to enjoy yourself. If you want to sit down and eat or have a couple of beers the Yankee Tavern 1 block up on 161st is almost as traditional and has more room. But it is also a tradition and regular spot for locals (if I can free myself up to accept a ticket for tomorrow night's game I'll probably have a couple of drinks there) so it too his crowded. But if you head on over to the Calliope at the main gate and walk half a block away from the Stadium you'll find a nice little bar that sells beer at a discount and where you can get a nice slice or some bar finger food. And you can sit down and breath.

Of course Yankee Stadium IS an urban dump and the South Bronx is NOT the most civilized part of the city. You'll be in no danger or anything, but if you're not a city guy (and from what I gather and your reaction to Utica I'd say you're not) it may not be enjoyable at all. For us city folks the gaming experience is a subway ride in a packed car, a slice of pizza and tall boy in a paper bag in the street, and head to your seat in time to hear the lineups. But they're building a Hard Rock Cafe in the new Stadium, so no fear.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Jul 6, 2008 0:25:16 GMT -5 Jack Quinn said:

Though, I have to say if I see a man blowing some guy in a bear suit, I will have to wonder what the hell Solly is doing in New York.

I hope you get drawn and quartered in NY and your limbs are scattered in all 5 buroughs and your head is buried in CitiField (like that guy did with the Ortiz jersey in the new YS).

Also, don't worry about taking pics. Let's face it Chachi, they're all gonna look like this:

[Jack Quinn]

Thanks Lucky, we really weren't sure what we were going to do in NYC, especially as it got closer to game time. I know the guys I am with want to go to Manhattan and see some of the stuff over there. If we can get an early start we can catch a lot of shit before the game. From what I am seeing right now, that may not be such an easy task.

I didn't know the HOF was more than just the Hall itself, this should be really cool. We are about 45 minutes from the Hall, so I wish they would WAKE THE FUCK UP!

Anyway, this is where we are staying The Hotel Utica I am not sure if the pictures on their website do it justice, this place is SWANK! Its a little more expensive, like $200 a night, but we are splitting that between three people, so it is not bad. I will post more pics of that tonight or tomorrow probably, along with a ton of pics from the Hall.

I didn't see any of this



So I assume Solly stayed in California

[Andy]

Jul 6, 2008 1:09:05 GMT -5 Lucky said:

Are you doing Yankee Stadium?

I think he's there to help with the demolition. And then he's gonna swing by Shea for the same thing on his way out.

[Tommy]

Utica Sucks, Moose. Like, sucks badly. Really badly. Few if any redeeming qualities.

But you like it so...
I'm right apparently.

[Lucky]

I was gonna say that but why ruin his fun? I thought my gift to him would be no argument.

[Jack Quinn]

well, i guess I can't say I liked Utica, but for the 12 or so hours that I was there, it was nice, thats all

[Outback Frito Pendejo]

Utica is the home of the Blue Sox baseball team, for what that's worth.