Game Day! Go Bruins! Go Pats!

The Breakfast Odyssey

So one of the funniest things about travelling with David Heard, is his penchant for yummy food.  It seems like many of our quests surround the need for nourishment.  So this morning, Dave wanted to try another local breakfast cuisine kind of place.  I just asked him to do the research and find one.  So he finds this place called “The Morning Something or Other,” got the address and off we went, bypassing the free boiled eggs and serviceable crumpets at the hotel.  So we get to the place, kind of in the middle of downtown Raleigh, which looked as deserted as I would imagine were a Category 5 hurricane fast approaching. You can order a bagel there or other nosh and bring it upstairs with the coffee you can order and juggle up the stairs.  I really wanted to be supportive and excited about it, but it was way too trendy and odd for me.  Dave was just as happy to bang a u-ey and head out.  We tried to find another place to eat breakfast. None of the “Coffee Shops” were open on the weekend.  Excusez-moi?   Did I say we were in Downtown Fricken Raleigh??? But we ended up at a particularly nasty IHOP near NC State.  Food eaten.

Bruins Sightings

The lovely, but isolated RBC Center

After breakfast we headed back to the hotel to get our signs and gear to try to see the Bruins as they arrived or departed from the morning skate at the RBC Center.  Our hotel is right down the street from the arena, on Hurricane Alley Way. 

So we head over there and find the Pro Shop.  Dave is starting a collection of flags from the different arenas we have visited.  We have them from Montreal and Toronto, so we’ll pick up four more on this trip. The people here are really nice and gave us the scoop on where to see the players and offering to trade our Bs jerseys for Carolina ones. Lol! They were very happy that with the Bruins in town, they were selling out the arena. Standing room only tickets were going on sale.  Not something that happens all the time.  We found the area where the bus was parked and arrived just as the Bruins were leaving.  I saw Paille, Seguin, Thomas, Chara get on the bus.  We were actually the only Bruins fans that were there at the time, which surprised me.  The area that you can wait and see them is certainly a lot more safe than standing on Causeway Street waiting to get run over by a cab, a BOSTON cab! Help Peggy!

Here's Danny Paille smiling at his BlackBerry.

Can someone help me out here?  I think this is Jeff Skinner.  His food was getting cold but he kept signing autographs.

More help needed - is this Cam Ward?

Where the Heck Are We?

I thought when I booked the hotel closest to the arena, that there would be stuff to do in the general vicinity and that we would be able to walk around and visit.  Well, there is the RBC Center, the Comfort Suites Arena, the Backyard Bistro (Thank God!) and a Citgo station. There is nothing else. Around the corner is the NC State Veterinary School surrounded by honest to goodness cows.  I am certainly not putting down the area at all.  I enjoy a rural setting and real cows as much as anyone.  I just thought I would be able to walk around the city like we do in Boston when we go to games. Not so much! At least we found that we’ll be able to watch the Pats game at the Backyard Bistro after the Bruins game.  I’ll have to follow my twitter feed for updates. Go Bruins!! Go Patriots!