Jazz Game

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Jazz Game

Andrew and I had a fun date night attending a Jazz Game last Saturday. Well, actually, we only attended half of it! We dropped off the boys and headed for dinner. I learned that the game started half an hour earlier than I had thought and we decided that rather than stress about getting to the game late, we would just take our time and enjoy dinner. We enjoyed a very relaxed, stress-free time at Chili's and then headed to the game. Don't know why we had ever even thought to worry about the time - we made it in time for tip-off.

At half-time Andrew turned to me and said, "I am not interacting with you as much as I envisioned - let's leave and just spend time together." We debated for a few moments, but decided to go ahead and ditch the game and hang out at the Gateway together. We had fun!

On the way out, Andrew wondered about where Therill Bailey was recording from. He was delighted when we walked right into the "filming studio" area.

We originally left the game thinking that we would ditch half-time and possibly the third quarter. But we enjoyed our time at the Gateway and never did go back. We felt a little foolish when we realized that we could have been there watching the Jazz fight it out in overtime with the Phoenix Suns, but ultimately, we are happy with our choice and enjoyed our night out on the town.

1 comment:

TiffanyApril 1, 2009 at 11:27 AM
I agree with Andy, when date nights are few and far between, why would you want to stare at a game? I'm glad you got some time together, it sounds like a fun spontaneous envening.
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