Sunday, April 8, 2012

Opening Day!

I ventured back to Detroit this past weekend to partake in the annual tradition of...

Opening Day.

And our Tigers did not disappoint, with a pretty nice win over Boston in the season opener.  Hopefully the first of many....

I go to spend time with my best friend of 24 years - Marge.  I've mentioned it before, but her name is not really Marge.  It's Jennifer.  Most people call her Jenny.  I don't.  I either call her Marge (preferred) or Jennifer (in the company of the very few who don't know I call her Marge).  In high school we were inseparable, and my last name was Holmes so I became Holmer.  She immediately became Marge.  Her nickname stuck.  Mine, did not.  

Here we are enjoying our first Bloodies of the day, downtown near the usual tailgate spot.


The wet bar/tailgate...


 Marge with her husband Jason, aka the "bartender" and originator of the Opening Day tradition.


Seriously, I try so hard to look cool and see how she is?


The three of us hitting it at Nemo's beer tent, also a tradition.


Our friend Rose, Marge and me...a beautiful day but just a little chilly downtown.


Marge channeling Karen from Californication.


I am trying to show the many artistic beer cans Labatts was offering this year


Chucks.  Matching.  The usual.


A perfect day with my best friend...priceless.


3 comments:

Carolina John said...

That is fantastic! Less impressive is the fact that the bosox and yankees both started the season 0-3. But I'm a Mets fan and we're 3-0 after tramping the Braves! Glad you enjoyed the weekend with your friends, that looks like a lot of fun.

Christi said...

What a great way to spend time with friends! Love it!

Steve said...

Sounds like fun. My Sox are going to have problems with your team. We'll see how it goes.

Glad you had fun. :)