The trip up to LA to see the Kings & Ducks play the Wings
We had a back-to-back Red Wings trip this week, seeing the Wings clobber the Kings (3-0) and win a war against the Ducks (2-1.).
On Tuesday we drove up to LA in an off-again/on-again rainstorm. We checked into our hotel, Hotel Figueroa which was one block from the Staples Center (home of the Kings) in downtown LA. The hotel is decorated in a faux Moroccan/southwestern design and was a great hotel to stay at. We had "dinner" at the Staples center and watched the game from our killer seats. The Kings crowd was fun and we had a blast at the game. After the game, we went back to the hotel and had a nightcap at the hotel bar.
Wed was a bit more of an adventure. We had breakfast at a Denny's downtown, packed up and then headed over to Santa Monica and walked the 3rd Street Promenade and had lunch at the Kings Head, probably one of the best British pubs in California. Then, down to Anaheim. By this time, the rain was going pretty good and when we got to Anaheim, it was almost torrential. We stayed at a Hampton Inn for free (courtesy of my "frequent guest" points racked up when I worked at Cardinal) and the Hampton was a couple miles from the Honda Center. The usual drill is to park at the Honda Center, go to a bar that's across the street from the Pond (that's the old name for it) and have a pregame dinner/beer then walk over. Well, because of the rain, we just went straight to the Honda Center. It was raining like crazy still and got a little bit wet despite our umbrella. Our seats were way up in the nosebleed section but still a good view. The Ducks fans are much rowdier (though, I suspect that most of them are bandwagon fans, which is OK, because last time I went to a Ducks/Wings game, it looked like a Wings home game with all of the red & white in the stands). After the game, back to the hotel and then home on Thurs.
It was a fun trip to take!
On Tuesday we drove up to LA in an off-again/on-again rainstorm. We checked into our hotel, Hotel Figueroa which was one block from the Staples Center (home of the Kings) in downtown LA. The hotel is decorated in a faux Moroccan/southwestern design and was a great hotel to stay at. We had "dinner" at the Staples center and watched the game from our killer seats. The Kings crowd was fun and we had a blast at the game. After the game, we went back to the hotel and had a nightcap at the hotel bar.
Wed was a bit more of an adventure. We had breakfast at a Denny's downtown, packed up and then headed over to Santa Monica and walked the 3rd Street Promenade and had lunch at the Kings Head, probably one of the best British pubs in California. Then, down to Anaheim. By this time, the rain was going pretty good and when we got to Anaheim, it was almost torrential. We stayed at a Hampton Inn for free (courtesy of my "frequent guest" points racked up when I worked at Cardinal) and the Hampton was a couple miles from the Honda Center. The usual drill is to park at the Honda Center, go to a bar that's across the street from the Pond (that's the old name for it) and have a pregame dinner/beer then walk over. Well, because of the rain, we just went straight to the Honda Center. It was raining like crazy still and got a little bit wet despite our umbrella. Our seats were way up in the nosebleed section but still a good view. The Ducks fans are much rowdier (though, I suspect that most of them are bandwagon fans, which is OK, because last time I went to a Ducks/Wings game, it looked like a Wings home game with all of the red & white in the stands). After the game, back to the hotel and then home on Thurs.
It was a fun trip to take!
posted by Andy in San Diego and Elsewhere at 1/25/2008 11:33:00 AM
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