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Cincinnati, Pigs, & Dogs

I suppose I survived my first Pigfest, albeit in a somewhat degraded state.  I feel like I’ve been beat with a stick for two days straight.  Dang kids.

Donette and I flew down Friday morning, joined by Kelly Martin.  Kelly was so bouyed by her second-place finish in the cornhole tourney at our house that she decided to take her game out-of-state.  That night we hooked up with Ed and Kim and a bunch of their friends at the “biergarten.”  They had a nice outdoor deck, complete with cornhole boards naturally.  We hung out there relatively late, but when the young ‘uns headed off to catch “a show” we decided it was time to bail back to the hotel.  Incidentally, the hotel worked out well for us.  We stayed at the Millennium downtown, which Ed knew from experience was rather easy to get on priceline.  So we gave it a shot and got rooms for $35; the best rate I can find on their site is $120.  Ding ding.

Saturday was the Pigfest and as Ed mentions on his site, the events of the day don’t really translate well into text.  We ate some great food, played hours on hours of cornhole and whiffleball, with a little volleyball mixed in for good measure.  There was some excellent music too, provided by Mer out of Chicago.  The music was going over well and everyone was having a great time, but things got cut short some time after midnight with a rather unfortunate incident involving six squad cars, enough officers to turn back a small riot, and some very unfriendly members of the canine squad.  The good news is that Ed was allowed to leave the state and come back to KC, provided he sticks to the somewhat restrictive terms given and keeps his leg monitor on at all times.  With any luck it will all be cleared up in time for him to get next years fest set up.  To support the effort, we will be setting up an online donation site at http://Free_Ed_&_Mer.com;  donate lots and often.

Sunday was spent travelling back to KC.  Kelly treated us to a 3-way at Skyline Chili, and then we headed home.  Chuckle chuckle.  Man that is some “different” chili.  That’s all I’m gonna say.

4 thoughts on “Cincinnati, Pigs, & Dogs”

  1. Phil – There is a real big difference in that last paragraph to treating you at Skyline vs and skyline. Just want to clarify…

    Dakin – Sorry that one was just too easy so I had to take it!

  3. You left out two key items.

    1. Someone at the bar Friday night asked me if I was on a Cornhole league. (I think he was blind but that does not matter)

    2. I had a funny one liner: “I tipped that cabbie like a brooksider waitress.”
    I must say, I was “ON” this last weekend. Too bad it took it out of me for the rest of the year.

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