Great American Ballpark

A few weekends back, hubby was headed to Ohio for another work trip & decided to swing through Cincinnati and check out the Great American Ballpark for a Reds Game.



Summer time- blue skies, freshly mowed fields, and lots of fans.



The stadium is pretty new & had some super-sizes graphics on the outside.



Somebody got some good seats along the first base line.



I think the all digital boards are cool- the ads, batter info, league games and everything are all electronic.



A red, red stadium- all the fans are decked out in red.



Guess they walked around to the other side. Snow cones on a hot day at the ballpark are a brilliant idea.



What's up with the baggy pants in baseball? When are the nice tight ones coming back?



The ballpark is right on the Ohio River and that is Kentucky right over there. Apparently there isn't much going on in downtown Cincinnati, so they went across the river to hang out in Kentucky for the evening.



The Roebling Suspension Bridge was under renovation & (hopefully) they are doing something to spruce up the walkway by the river.



H said it was HOT! At least in Houston, they with close the retractable roof when it's too hot. This misters were genius.



Looks like there is some new construction going on in downtown Cincinnati.



I love ball parks that are downtown and have a beautiful skyline in the background.



I'm sure this is somebody famous in Red's history, but I haven't a clue. It's a pretty neat sculpture none the less.

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: Got a spiffy new briefcase as my other one has seen too many airplanes & depositions in the last 8 years.

Turner Field in Atlanta

Hubby has been traveling more than usual for work & he was in Atlanta a few weeks back to meet with a client. They were able to go in the night before & catch a Braves game & he visited a new baseball field for him- Turner Field.



I was a bad wife and forgot to leave our newer P&S camera with him, so he dug our old one out of my desk & it had very little charge on it.



The stadium was originally built and used for the 1996 Summer Olympics before being converted to the Braves' home.



H had great seats & enjoyed a lovely game. One more stadium checked off the list!

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: Same scenario tomorrow- he's getting to see Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati.

Wrigley Field

Although H had been to Wrigley Field before I met him, he has no pictures to show of the trip with his friends to Chicago. So we decided to re-visit the park & take some photos.

It's always happy hour on vacation, so we stopped in to Harry Caray's Tavern right across the street for drinks and a snack.

I'd love to see the energy and excitement of this ballpark on a game day. It's plopped right down in the middle of a neighborhood- no freeway runs by it, no giant sprawling parking lots surround it.

There was a high school game that day & a nice lady outside gave us free passes to come in & watch the game.

I loved all the rooftop seating on the adjacent buildings. So much history here!

The other Harry Caray's Tavern downtown was just a few blocks from our hotel.



One of our good friends is from Chicago- he still has family that lives there & they own this bar just 2 blocks from our hotel. We went in for a few drinks one night & loved it!

They are serious about their food here...there are some amazing restaurants & I highly recommend reservations if you don't want to wait a few hours (we learned the hard way!)

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: My end-of-year office cleaning is done!