Shorehouse

You'd think that's two words, but it appears to be only one. My buddy from Jersey finally arrived late Friday (11:30 and at Midway instead of O'Hare), but at least he got in. We met some folks out and closed the bar, tried to hit a 4 o'clock bar, but there was a long line. I'm way too old to stand in line for a 4 o'clock bar.....probably way too old to even THINK about it, but hey, I was entertaining my buddy!

Saturday, as you can imagine, was a little slow....again. We went to the grocery store to shop for Sunday's tailgate and then went to Morton's Steak House for an outstanding dinner (not cheap!). We timed it beautifully to show up at the Burwood Tap for a birthday party from 9-12, $30 all you can drink of anything except Red Bull. We had a lot of fun there and hit another bar afterwards.

Soooooo, Sunday morning came pretty freakin' early. Not to worry though, we were only a half hour later than usual for tailgating. It was a balmy 14 degrees when we arrived, but it climbed to 20 by game time, though the wind chill made it feel like 7. Ugh. The food was great (I made chili in addition to my usual cache of food). Unfortunately, Mr. Heater had mixed reviews at best. Both heaters were working only part of the time and would make an unsettling noise. We think the wind was blowing out the flame, but we're not sure.

For the first time that I can remember, we bailed on the tailgate after the game and headed home to warm up and get some coffee. We ate the tailgate food for dinner though, but heated in or on the oven as opposed to the grill. It was still all good! Oh and the Bears won despite an absolutely pathetic performance by Rex Grossman, the Bears quarterback. Sorry folks, we can't win the Super Bowl with this guy playing this poorly. Either bench him now and see what the back up can do, or fix his problems. Easier said than done. Another buddy of mine made a good point though: Bill Parcells (the head coach of Dallas) released his multi-million dollar kicker and replaced his multi-million dollar qb with a guy who hasn't kicked regularly in two years and a qb from Eastern Illinois University. The qb, Tony Romo, is 5-0 as a starter I believe and has been making great throws. That kicker was 3-4 today including the game winner. C'mon Lovie, it's your turn to make the tough calls.

Regarding the shorehouse, I didn't count the actual number of references to it, but there had to be 30. Pretty funny since I never heard this term used before. Obviously it's a house on the Jersey shore that you either own or can rent out and it sounds like fun. It's probably much like having a place up in Wisconsin or Michigan.