What a great day of football we had yesterday. I watched the first half of NFL Sunday at the Eagles Nest– really because my favorite local sports radio talk show host Nick Cattles was there and the Eagles at Steelers game wasn’t on local television. I’m happy I went because Big Papi (the husband) and I had a great time. They put all the tables close to each other which make for some interesting conversations. One observation about men in sports bars– they remind me of my tiny humans on a playground, no matter if they don’t know anyone they will find someone to play with. You give a bunch of dudes who don’t know each other beer, wings, and sports on the tube and they are going to talk about it. Then they are going to crack jokes.
The only down side was I was the ONLY Eagles fan in a den full of Steelers- lucky for me Steelers fans are typically really nice- and they were. Especially since the Eagles played SO BADLY! I’m going to break down my favorite games in separate posts- and I want to say sorry about taking so long but its Monday and I unfortunately have a real job.
One reason we decided to go to the Eagles Nest is because they are connected to Cugini’s Pizza which is my husband’s favorite. And they do a great special- a large two topping pizza for $9 bucks. That is a great deal. They also had drink specials and the wings were good too. The servers were good- we never had an empty glass.
Nick Cattles was great. I have to be honest I had to work up the nerve to go to him because he was surrounded by a bunch of guys. But if you get a chance to meet him he is very personable and he actually recognized me once I introduced myself as the @SportsGalPal- he actually knew my first name! I realize how much of a nerd I sound like but the guy could have been a complete tool- especially because I am a girl. Instead he was awesome had some great observations about Wahoo football and tried to convince me that I should enter to win ODU football tickets. I turned him down because I already knew Big Papi and I were going to tailgate at Camp Wahoo and I wanted someone who loves ODU to get the tickets.
If you want to listen to the Nick Cattles Show it is on ESPN 94.1 from 4:00-7:00pm. What is great about the show is that he gives the listener a chance to get her perspective and opinion out. Even when he doesn’t agree with a listener he doesn’t make her feel silly.
Plus he has the best waterbug stories- apparently they don’t exist up north. He is from Rhode Island so he says a full you all instead of y’all but give him another six months and he’ll change that.
I would love to know do you like to go to a local waterhole to check out your favorite games? I know I do because it makes the community spirit come alive and sports are a community event. Plus I love chicken wings.
If you know of great places for the Gal Pal to go to catch the game send me a message- even if it is not in the 757 because I’m willing to travel for a great game.
The Sports Gal Pal 