Last day, more comprehension fail

Today is trip to the Rumble eve.  By this time tomorrow I will already be on my way.

My trip north will be a real quick hitter.  I will only have two full days there and one of them will be consumed by the Rumble.

I do have a couple old favorite food establishments I would like to hit while I am there, Victor Emmanuels and Boehringer’s.

Victor’s is an Italian “club”.  You have to be a member to eat there or be the guest of a member.  Growing up Victor’s was always swamped with people that enjoyed the buzz that surrounded the place along with cheap but good italian food.  Rigatoni and meatballs was my meal of choice.  I don’t recall EVER getting anything else.

I was surprised when I last went there in 2008 that Victor’s was not busy at all.  Maybe time has finally caught up to the place.  That and the vast myriad of chain restaurants that have sprung up in the surrounding area to siphon off their business.

Boehringer’s is an ice cream/burger joint in the Adamstown area.  Like Victor’s, it has been around as long as my memory has functioned.  They used to make the perfect burger/shake/fries combination.    Whenever we used to go my mom would order a dusty road sundae, her favorite.

I am hoping for a good showing at the Rumble.  Charlie and I have not played together for something like 4 or 5 years, who knows what the outcome will be.  The only thing I can count on is he will never give up.

While I am up there I will be staying at Todd’s place, another place I have not stepped foot in for at least a couple years.  It should be cool to see him, my niece and their dog Katy.

I have no idea who I will run into while I am up there.  I have not really notified anyone other than Charlie and my family about my trip since my time is going to be so compressed.

So this morning I was reviewing the flight to Ireland details.  As I did, the departure date of August 12th didn’t seem right.  I loaded my calendar and saw that was Friday. WTF.  I have a hotel booked for NYC for Thursday and Friday night, damn it!  Once again my speed reading without comprehension apparently has bitten me in the ass.  I theorize when I first saw the flight info the Ireland arrival date of 6/13 is what stuck in my head.  The thing is the flight actually leaves New York at 6:30 Friday evening. Doh!

I was angry at myself.  I put a lot of work into finding a decent hotel deal in NYC, even it was at a timeshare where we had to sit through a 90 minute presentation.  I called up Ali and told her about my screw up.  She said that since our time there is going to be more limited than we originally planned it would be nice if we stayed somewhere that didn’t require us to waste time listening to a sales pitch for something we will never buy.  I agreed.

So I cancelled our Manhattan Club reservation and instead booked us for one night at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers which is in the same general vicinity.  It looks like a very nice place.  Booking for only a single night will wind up knocking about $150 off our expense and we don’t have to get sales pitched so it will all work out.  We are just going to be on the go non-stop when our feet hit the ground in NYC to see/do as much as we can in the time that is available.