Well, we made it back from our Superbowl trip on Monday night. And even though the Bears lost, it was quite an experience.
First of all, the weather in South Florida was amazing. It was a bit cloudy, about 65 degrees, and not too humid. This was a nice break from the cold Salt Lake weather and was a very nice break for our friend John who came from the -7 degree weather in Chicago. Each day, I went for a jog in the neighborhood of John’s Fort Myers house. . palm trees, golf courses, cool breeze, thick clean air. It was gorgeous.
John’s place was about 150 miles from Miami, where all the festivities were taking place. On Saturday, the day before the game, we drove to Miami Beach to pick up our superbowl tickets. For those of you who don’t know (because I didn’t. . ), this is what a superbowl ticket looks like:
South Beach was a zoo on Saturday. There was literally no place to park. We had to drop Arvind off and circle while he went and got the tickets. While we waited for Arvind, we were pulled over near a car that was decked out with Bears gear. It said Woodfield Nissan on it so it was a very long way from home (click on the picture to get a better look):
Arvind had paid for 4 seats together and the ticket broker was only able to get 2 and 2 so he gave some money back. We figured it was no problem because one set of seats were slightly better than the others and we were sure we could trade the people next to the worse seats so we could sit together. With the extra money, Arvind bought some Johnny Walker Blue Label for our post-game celebration. Where he got it from it was about $240 a bottle. Here is a little blurb about JWB:
The Rarest Blend
Johnnie Walker® Blue Label ™ is our rarest blend. This isn’t a whisky for beginners. It’s challenging and an acquired taste, but like the finest rewards in life is worth it.
Created from the rarest and most expensive whiskies in the world, Blue Label™ has the authentic character and flavour of a traditional nineteenth century blend, just like those that John Walker and his son Alexander developed for their most valued customers.
Blue Label™ is made from a few exceptional whiskies with powerful flavours. Each bottle is precious to us and is individually numbered. Each contains a rare taste and gives an intense experience.
Blue Label™ is the ultimate luxury Scotch Whisky and supplies of Blue Label™ are limited by the rarity and expense of the whiskies used in the blend.
At the heart of Blue Label™ is Royal Lochnagar™a rare malt distilled near Balmoral, the Queen’s holiday home. Around 15 other mature and precious whiskies are added to balance Blue Label™ perfectly – ‘a blend that cannot be beat’ (Alexander Walker, 1888).
So anyway, after a long drive back and forth to South Beach to pick up the tickets (Scott and I had taken the red-eye to Florida and pretty much got straight in the car to go to Miami so we were traveling going on 20 hours by that point), we went to a Chicago grill restaurant for dinner. We got the attention of all of the hostesses, waiters and bartenders when all of us walked in with our Bears jerseys. We got some deep dish pizza to stay in the Chicago spirit and after a couple of hours, we were rejuvenated. We stopped at the grocery store on the way home to pick up some supplies for our trip back to Miami on Sunday.
The big day was almost here. . . .
Lori said:
I’m still waiting for part two… = )
February 15th, 2007 at 9:34 pm