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Yearly Archives: 2010

Snow on the ground, wishing it was summer

I hope everyone had a great holiday. Somehow there are only 2 days left in this year. I am not sure how but 2010 has flown bye. I refuse to admit that as you get older time goes by even faster, but I am starting to see that it is true. Where were the days…

      

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Happy Holidays!

I never got around to sending out a Christmas card so hear is a tacky sweater version! It is hard to believe that it is almost the end of December and Christmas is in 2 days. I just wanted to say Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone. I realize that I have not been…

      

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Shut up and eat it… Raleigh, NC

I’m back. After 13 weeks of non stop, traveling, tailgating, shooting, editing and writing I had to take a week off. The Tailgate Tour is now complete and I want to thank all of you who followed it and left comments. I am working on the book proposal now, so I will keep you updated…

      

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The Game

Welcome to the final stop of the Tailgating Tour! The final week of the college football season is rivalry week. There are many great rivalries across the country and deciding which to attend was a tough decision. Being a Big Ten Alum (Go Badgers), I have always been drawn to one rivalry in particular. The…

      

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a thursday night in tuscaloosa

Welcome to the 11th stop on the Tailgate Tour. Last week I visited Tuscaloosa,AL, for a Thursday night game between The Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia State Panthers. This was my first trip to Tuscaloosa, and I was very excited to see what game day was like. I realize that a Thursday night game…

      

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this is what Auburn does with toilet paper

Welcome to the 10th stop on the Tailgate Tour, Auburn. I ventured to Auburn for their November 13th game against the Georgia Bulldogs. Auburn came into this game undefeated, ranked #2 in the country, and looking to clench the SEC West and secure a spot in the SEC Championship game. If that was not enough,…

      

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A cajun tailgate in Baton Rouge

Welcome to the 9th stop on the Tailgating Tour, LSU. I was in Baton Rouge on November 6th, 2010, when Alabama came to town. LSU and Alabama are huge rivals and I was expecting LSU tailgating to be at its best for this match up. The game was originally scheduled for 7pm, but CBS wanted…

      

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Not your normal place to find BBQ

I love BBQ. Last week I was in Baton Rouge for the 9th stop on the Tailgating Tour. I had a blast tailgating at LSU and look forward to sharing what I discovered later in the week, but on the way I went through Memphis.

      

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the world’s largest outdoor cocktail party

Welcome to the 8th stop on the Tailgate Tour. Georgia vs Florida. On October 30th, 2010, I attended the yearly contest between SEC East rivals the Georgia Bulldogs and Florida Gators in Jacksonville, FL. It is nicknamed “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party”. After my trip to the game I completely understand how the event…

      

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po boy in St. Simons

This past weekend I was in Jacksonville, FL, for the Georgia vs Florida game. I will tell you more about the game and what I found there later in the week, but today I am bringing you what I found on my way to the game.

      

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tailgating and sailgating eastern style…

Welcome to the 7th stop on the Tailgate Tour, Tennessee. Knoxville is home to the University of Tennessee Volunteers, or Vols for short. I had been to Knoxville several times before this trip, but I had never been to Neyland Stadium on game day. Neyland Stadium is big. Correction, it is huge! With a capacity…

      

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seafood with seagulls

The fish tacos and Salmon were not the only seafood items that I had while I was in Seattle. I also had fried clams and clam chowder at Ivar’s. When dining at Ivar’s I had a few unexpected guests (they were not of the human kind).

      

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