Gorgeous Day... Time for Football

Morning!

Last night we tried to hit up some of the spots our dear friend and fellow co-worker John Walters gave to us. The area as a whole can be a little overwhelming when trying to figure out where to go. To make it simple: we are staying in Tempe, the game is in Glendale, Media Center/Radio Row is in Phoenix, and the night life is all in Scottsdale. Talk about spreading the good stuff out as far as you can! Apparently the good place to go is Scottsdale. I'm hoping that because it was a Wednesday night people are starting the week off slow because to be honest there wasn't much going on at all. It didn't look like the Super Bowl was in town, but like I said the week is young.

We enjoyed dinner at Pink Taco, which was next to the 944 Village that opens up today. The village (according to the website) is: The week of January 31 to February 3, 944 will transform four acres of the Scottsdale Waterfront at Stetson Canal into the event headquarters for Super Bowl week with an action-packed itinerary of top-notch events. The village will consist of a festival-like environment from day into night, which includes a mini Las Vegas Strip, live music, food vendors, charity fundraisers, art displays, fashion shows, and world-class DJs. This tented city will become the Mecca of PGA/Super Bowl commerce during the daytime hours, offering a multitude of culinary delights, musical entertainment, sports and celebrity meet-and- greets and autograph sessions, designed to attract young and old to downtown Scottsdale.

So today we are headed there. Matt Leinart is hosting the DIRECTV Celebrity Beach Bowl which is always fun and a guranteed competitive game with cheating from both sides! (You might recall Steve-O from last year was the ref and was officially kicked out due to a little too much boozing!) Then tonight Gregg is headed over to the MADDEN BOWL party. I looked on the list of attendees and did not see reigning two-time champ Alex Smith on there. But the list includes:
Plaxico Burress, Laurence Maroney, Kellen Winslow, Patrick Willis, Chad Johnson, Shawne Merriman, Jason Witten, and then other guys hanging out are: Ben Roethlisberger, Donnie Edwards, Luis Castillo, Antonio Gates, Derek Anderson and Tony Paker. The list goes on and on...

I on the other hand and am headed to a 50 Cent party. All I know is Ping Pong is supposed to be involved. Yesssss!