posted Monday, 31 October 2005
It's kind of funny that we all spend the year gearing up for "Nationals"... just to see "Furious George", a team from Canada, win the whole thing... but every year, for the past 4 years, me and my NJ frisbee buds pack up and head south to Sarasota, FL, along with hundreds of ultimate players from around North America. The beaches of Siesta Key are suddenly over-run with made up frisbee games and crazy kids from across the country (and Canada). This year was no different.
Ok, so I was totally bummed that Wicked didn't make it... but Pike (the NJ men's team) did... and since I wasn't working... and so many of my pals were playing... and tickets were only $150... I figured "why not go?". I was totally sold once Susie decided to go (she just moved to Seattle, so it would be fun to hang with her down in sunny FL!) and booked my flight.
I flew down solo on Thursday afternoon and bummed around for a few hours, waiting for Susie to get in. I asked the guy at the rental car counter where I could kill a few hours and he sent me to the mall nearby... but this was no ordinary mall... this was the cadillac of malls! Movado, Tiffanys, fancy tea shops where you could buy $30 bags of tea... where the mall in Rochester had a funny, interactive "ball maze" in the middle of the mall, this mall had leather recliners to sit down and relax in. Each shop lures you in and encourages you to look around by offering free freshly baked chocolate chip cookies... I nearly spent $600 on a new watch, but narrowly escaped. Phew - it was a close one!
Once Susie arrived, we headed south to Siesta Key, an island with powder white sand, located very near the frisbee fields. The team had rented several condos on the beach and I shared one with Susie & Jaeger... while initially reluctant to go down solo, I am so glad that I did -- I got to (in no particular order):
• watch some fairly decent ultimate
• catch up with Fish & Stu (once wtk & I finally found the place they were staying!)
• hang with Susie, Jaeger, Regetz & Sue Peters (NJ emmigrants)
• get hugs from Greg Sanda
• shop in the $15 bins at Gaia
• kick d ho's butt at quizzo with the help of Dan Heckman
• work on my tan (I still have a tanline along my "hairline")
• spend a day at the beach before heading back north
JENNIFER MADE THIS COMMENT,
Hey Linda! sounds like you had a great time. By chance, did you go to International Mall? Siesta Key is only about an hour south of me and my company has property there!
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