Blue is the color, football is the game...

This past Friday we loaded up my car with 5 adults and luggage and made the 3 hour trip to Baltimore to watch Chelsea take on AC Milan (unfortunately Beckham is not playing for them as much as I would have liked to see him though).

We started off the weekend with lunch at an Irish Pub which was full of Chelsea fans, Scott was in heaven, and a few buckets of beer! After our 6th comrade joined us (he drove down from Rochester) we headed back to the hotel to get prepped for the game. We decided there was no better way to go that at least slightly drunk...I mean the English are almost always drunk at games so why shouldn't we be??? 45 beers later I think we were well on our way.

A few pictures from the pre-game

Bill drinking from his Crunk cup (or bowl).

Brendan and Alex trying to investigate what the specimen stain is on the lounge chair.

We made our way to M&T bank Stadium (home of the Baltimore Ravens) and were not allowed in the Stadium yet so we had a few more beers (8).

Here is Bill with his loyal Man U fan that we found!!!!!!

Once inside we lined up for more beer (6) and then headed into our seats.

After the Chelsea win 2-1 vs. AC Milan, we went back to the Irish Pub and had yet another beer. I think our total after the end of the night was at least 72 beers between 6 of us. Needless to say, we really didn't need another beer after the game.

Saturday morning we were up (some of us) and headed out to look for a breakfast place. They are very hard to come by to say the least. If you live in Baltimore and would like to make a killing, open up a breakfast joint. You will make a killing doing it. We asked for some suggestions and got, Johnny Rockets (um no they do burgers), Panera (can get that any time so no thank you), Cheesecake Factory (they open at 11:30am and we are STARVING), restaurants with buffets (no thanks not what we were looking for) and the final suggestion Blue Moon Cafe. Sounds like a winner! We got the directions and were told it would be about 5 blocks from there......3 extra sets of directions and about 20 blocks later we were on the 1 hour wait list.

We all needed something to help the tummies after lots of drinking and so a few of us went to Whole Foods (we passed it along the way) and got some juice and coffee. On the way back the two sleepy heads met us and within 10 minutes of getting back we were seated.



The inside of the place:

Our waitress came over and told us the specials, Captain Crunch french toast, crab, spinach, feta omelet and a herb omelet. What was that first one again? Oh that is our special that we were on the Food Network for.....say that again. We will take one of those to start! Would you like a Cinnamon Roll? Why wouldn't we!

Captain Crunch French Toast. As seen on Diners/Drive-ins/Dives on the Food Network.

It was to DIE FOR!

Above is my Crab, Spinach and Feta Omelet with has browns!

This was Bill's Mexican eggs with Chorizo, tortilla and hash browns. The other dishes were just as yummy and I would highly recommend that if you are in Baltimore you check out the Blue Moon Cafe!

We all needed to get wheeled out of here since we were stuffed, but decided that it was best to take a slow walk back to the hotel, even though a taxi sounded great.

After a few stops along the way, we went to the hotel pool then played about 3 hours of tennis on the rooftop deck. Alex and I were victorious vs. Ryan and Bill.....after some very long matches.

We went to the Rusty Scupper for dinner, after we all joked about the name during the previous day and that morning. The food was fantastic, the wait staff could have been better, but the company was the best!

Sunday we headed back to NJ and went to bed early! It was a wonderful weekend with good food, good company, good soccer match and great entertainment (yellow dress girl)!