Go Sox!

I went to my first White Sox game on Monday. My roommate and her family invited me to enjoy the game at U.S. Cellular Field with them. Although the stadium doesn't have the old charm that Wrigley does, I enjoyed every minute of my Sox experience.

The view of the city was amazing from the top of the ballpark. (Wish I had taken a picture at the time.) We had seats in the upper deck, and got there just in time for the first inning. As soon as I sat down, I jumped out of my skin from the fireworks booming to initiate the game. I think my excitement level was pretty high, so I needed to calm down a bit if there were going to be explosives throughout the game. Christina and her mom seemed to get a kick out of my anxious behavior though.

The evening was filled with ballpark food...nachos, churros and Miller Lite. Churros, that's a new one for me but apparently a must at a Sox game. While Christina watched the game, I continued blabbing on about such topics:

• We need a nachos cheese machine in our kitchen, and Christina should not be surprised if she comes home to see one on our counter. We agreed that nachos would be on the menu every night for dinner.


• Baseball players look sexy in the old school uniforms. There's something about that Field of Dreams look with the raised socks and quarter-length sleeves. Guess I'm just an American girl.


• The Kansas City Royals prepared Jermaine Dye for his debut as a Chicago White Sox. The Royals apparently love giving away their best players to top-rated teams because it's becoming a trend. Other ex-Royals that flew the nest are Johnny Damon for the Boston Red Sox, Carlos Beltran for the New York Mets and Paul Byrd for the Cleveland Indians.


• Super rope is delicious, but not as delicious as Red Vines.


• I bet a chocolate churro would be way better than a vanilla churro. Too bad they were out of chocolate churros.


• Pretty much the rest of my chatting for the night was about food. Surprise surprise.