A new life; same as the old life?

Any Cubs fans who have been paying attention this year are probably thinking the same thing. The first three months have been rough, injuries, suspensions, and generally poor play across the board. The amazing thing is, we are still very much in the hunt, a mere 2.5 games back! I have been to a few games already this year and have several more planned, but I could not let this particular game go by without note. A couple of weeks ago, Steve was able to secure tickets in the front row by the opposition bullpen. It was a gorgeous day, Cubs won 7-zip and the picture opportunities were awesome. To top it all off, one of the guys with us, was a winner in a random draw to get our pictures taken on the field. Click here to check them out on the Captain Morgan website. The other pictures are here , if you run the slideshow fast enough on the pitcher pictures, you can almost see the motion like one of those flicker books.

Some friends of ours decided to take a trip to the Big Apple, and asked us if we would like to coordinate a trip to meet up. We spent weeks going back and forth and eventually settled on a date around the April/May timeframe. Flights, hotels, vacation days, etc were booked. I have to say that I didn't remember NYC being so expensive, but then I always was coming from the UK. I was surprised though, that in this tough economy, hotels in Manhattan were still charging a minimum of $200 per night, plus $50 per day parking, and would not budge on the prices. So we started to look around and found a Super 8 just over the river in NJ, through the Lincoln tunnel. We got three nights for the price of one in Manhattan, and whilst not as convenient, or upscale, when you are only sleeping there, who cares?? But I am getting ahead of myself, let's start at the beginning. We decided, mostly because flights are inconvenient with a baby, and certainly you still have to have cabs, rent cars, ta...