We finished 2010 with one last group of visitors from Kansas City. Five of my cousins arrived on Wednesday to attend the first Pinstripe Bowl held at the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx pitting hometown favorites, Kansas State Wildcats, against Syracuse. Included in the group was Cousin Brent who returned for his fourth time with us in nine months. He just might have pulled ahead for good with this trip. It seems that nearly all of my cousins are K-State alumni. In addition to Brent we had Doug, Paul, Brian, and Matt. Counting myself we had five branches of the family represented.We met up at Heartland Brewery which is near Rockefeller Center and roughly half way between our apartment and their hotel. There was a bit of wait but it flew by as we reunited in the cramped area between the bar and the hostess area. We did our best to stay out of the way of the wait staff and managers but the restaurant was packed with Holiday tourists. The seven of us were finally seated and it was worth the wait as we had managed to get an ideal secluded and roomy booth in the back out of harm’s way. The conversation was wild and loud as you might expect.
After dinner the guys all wanted to see our place so we came back for more drinks, music, and laughter. We also went up to the rooftop for a brief after dark view of some of the skyline and Central Park. Later we said our goodbyes and they headed out for a nightcap on their way back to their hotel.
The game was exciting (we watched from home) with the touchdowns going back and forth. Syracuse would score and K-State would come right back to tie and so on until late when a controversial play and a controversial penalty finally secured the win for Syracuse 36-34. There is no joy in JoCo.
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