2 DAY JUNKET TO CLEVELAND

The Mom was missing her only son, so we decided to go on a two day junket to Cleveland.

As usual we had no specific plans other than visiting a local winery. Ironically, the name of the winery was called John Christ Winery. You can imagine the fun we had with that. When we arrived it looked like we were visiting some friends out in the suburbs. A normal looking house with a stone driveway. We had reservations about our choice of activities.

Once inside, we realized that we had made the right choice. They had a wine bar on the inside, a full food menu, and of course what we were searching for...a wine garden. As we perused the facility, we noticed something that we had never encountered before at a winery. Off to the side were an assortment of board games. They had Jenga, Life, Sex and The City Trivia, Pictionary, Scrabble and Monopoly. Alas, no Cranium to be found for which the Mom was eternally grateful.

We purchased a nice Cabernet as well aa a sweet white called Niagara, a cheese and sausage plate. You read it correctly...a sausage plate. Hot, cooked summer sausage. It was actually very good. We headed out to the garden.

We sat in the sunshine on a beautiful summer day and proceeded to consume our two bottles of wine. We looked to our right and noticed that this winery was located next to a golf course (mental note for me and Kevin). Several golfers stopped and meandered into the winery to try and forget their horrible game. Believe me I know the feeling. As we looked around at the other winos, we noticed a couple drinking what we believed to be Sangria. Ah, the juice of the Gods! I looked at Kevin and he looked back at me as if to say..."We're getting a pitcher" The Mom was fading fast. The Niagara had kicked her butt. The Alpha males dominated and we ordered a pitcher of Sangria.

While we waited inside for our Nectar Of The Gods, Kevin jokingly said we should take the Sex And The City game out to the garden and play. I looked at him and asked, "Have you ever watched Sex and The City?" To which he repliued "No". Instead I grabbed Scrabble. We had our Sangria and we had Scrabble...what more could you ask for?

As you can see at the right Kevin is deep in thought deciding whether to go for Rod or On. The biggest word of the contest was Helium which was used by yours truly. Have you ever played Scrabble with two drunk people? Believe me it is a challenge. I jokingly asked if this was the Grade School Edition. The Mom and Kevin didn't laugh.

We finished our game of Scrabble which the Mom won (with my help). We insulted some other people who were having a birthday party and at the last minute decided to go to an Indians Game downtown.















Little did we know , but it was Drew Carey bobblehead night. We all got bobbleheads and watched a pretty exciting game between the Indians and The Kansas City Royals. The Mom was bored to tears, but once again the Alpha males dominated and we drank beer, ate shelled peanuts and Cracker Jack. The Indians won 6-5. It was a good night.











Day Two. Once again the Alpha males dominated and we headed to the Pro Football Hall Of Fame in Canton. The Mom was less than ecstatic. I have attached photos from the Hall Of Fame. The rest is self explanatory.




The First Football Uniform Note the archaic face guard.






















Kevin wondering what his head would look like in the Hall Of Fame next to Jim Thorpe's.























The Mom in her glory standing next to her favorite team: The Pittsburgh Steelers.











Even though it was a lot of driving we ended up having a good time.

This weekend The Boy hits Toledo.

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