A Day at PPL Park

Nsisong and I. Somehow, we both ended up wearing the Navy XXI. Cue the twins jokes...

The Red Devil. That's really just Chewy showing off his limited edition XXI shirt that is gone forever. I don't even have one.
The first half was quite boring and uninspiring, but I was too cold to even really focus on the football being played. My mind was about a half-mile down the road where our rental car was parked. Inside were our coats, scarves and hats that we foolishly left behind to warm up the interior of the Toyota Corolla and not our freezing bodies.
At half time, we quickly rushed to the Union Gift Shop which seemed to be the only place in the stadium that was heated. Thank God. Chewy contemplated dropping some serious cash for a jacket, while Nsisong and I contemplated spending the second half watching the rest of the game inside the shop. We decided to take the manlier option and I was elected the man to walk a half-mile out of the stadium to grab our outerwear. Luckily, I returned before any serious action took place in the game (save for Hassli's sending off in the 57th minute).






The man who refused to give me his jersey. Je n'oublierai pas cela, Sebastian...Je n'oublierai pas...

Senegalese Delicacies
We drove back into the westside of the city to Kilimanjaro, a Senegalese-restaurant that has an amazing selection of lamb, beef and chicken.
Fried chicken.
My beef kebab and kouskous dish. Delicioso. Fried Plantains. Known as "dodo" where I'm from.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Just look at Chewy's face. I couldn't stop laughing at his reaction after he tasted the food. He'd never tasted anything so spicy. Poor kid had no idea what hit him. Be careful what you wish for, Chewy.
The night did not end here, but I'll end the blog post on this note. I'm pretty sure you all know what goes down on Saturday nights....ZzzZzzzzzzz
Thanks for reading, and in case you didn't know, I'm a semi-finalist in the Union's "DOOP design contest" Please vote for me, because if I win they'll manufacture and sell the shirts to Union fans. How cool would that be?! Vote HERE Mine is the "Vintage Hand-Drawn DOOP":
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Coolness! #PhilaUnion #SonsOfBen #DOOP!
It was freezing out there but the goal, atmosphere, chants, and def the Senegalese cuisine afterward made it all worthwhile. (Chewy almost passed out at the restaurant.)
And you def have the dopest design in the contest. Good luck or should I say, congrats in advance.
#DOOP!