Billy Currington, a Bar, and a Game

A few weeks ago, Billy Currington

played at the Ritz in

Ybor City. 

Originally, I was under the impression

that he was playing at the Ritz Carlton...

Mannnnn I was mistaken.

Not the Ritz Carlton...

A few friends, my mom, and my hubby and I 

drove to Tampa for the day to see Billy play!

We arrived early saturday afternoon and decided

to give Ricky's uncle's bar a visit.

Ricky's uncle co-founded

Angry Chair Brewing

This bar has some of the best beers around

and I'm not just saying that because 

he is my uncle in law!

(Mom's first time in a bar... She loved it!)

I'm totally saying it because they have

an AMAZING coffee beer called

The Awakening.

OMGOODNESS this combines two of my favorite

things!!
Coffee and beer.

It is, maybe, the best stout beer I have ever tasted.

After grabbing a few drinks and some merchandise we headed

to the concert :D

Deb and I, boots were a must.

Paul, Deb, Me, and Ricky

Mom's first crazy concert in years!

Billy was amazing!
And he was quite the crowd pleaser :D

That ended up being one of the most

crowded concerts I had ever been to.

I guess that's what you get when

you only pay $29 a ticket!

After the concert we started the long treck home,

which really didn't take that long at 1am.

The next morning I awoke, with plans of doing

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING...

My lovely brother in law had different plans lol.

#crazyweekend

#needsleep

Orlando City Soccer

My brother-in-law has one

of the coolest jobs ever.

He is a chef for the Orlando City Soccer

Team. 

Orlando City Poster Boiiiii 

Though I hate cooking, I might learn

to love it in order to spend some quality time

with a few of Orlando's finest athletes. 

*wink wink*

I've begged Jon to get Snapchat for
the sole purpose of catching the players
in action during their day to day lives,
but he won't :(.

But here is what I'd imagine he would catch...

Don't worry friends, I will continue to beg him.

Anyways, along with the perks

of getting to hang out

with the team, Jon was able to

get his most beloved sister-in-law into 

her very first Orlando City

Soccer game :D

Just no purple on me :(

#merchandisemebabyyyy

We had great seats, right next to this (insane) crowd.

They were quite the rowdy crowd - that (because this was my first game)
I expected to chill out a few minutes into the game.

Boy was I mistaken!

The environment is nothing like I have ever experienced.

They had drums going, flags waving, and people chanting during the
ENTIRE game.

Apparently, if you buy tickets to sit in that section, you are required
to chant and stand the entire time.

They should also label those seats: Splash Zone

For you WILL get soaked with beer, water, and God knows what else.

Information that would be good to know when buying Grandma tickets...

Those are sparkles on the field btw - every time a goal is made, they let the sparkles fly!

Thankfully Orlando City won the game 4-1 against
the Portland Timbers, making my first professional
soccer experience even better!

Who knew Portland had a team?

... I'm surprised too.

If you are in town, you should definitely check these guys out!