The last day in Mexico kinda sucked.
I had the early shift for the day- I arrived at the Arena de la Cuidad at 9:00am.
At that time it was just me, security, and 8 firemen/paramedics...
Staff started trickling in around 10:30 or so... Even that was kind of early for the hoi polloi since the game had a scheduled start time of 9:30 PM.
I killed most of the day doing basic IT support, and a little pre-strike prep- moving cases to locations handy for breakdown but out of the way, etc.
The bulk of staff were in the house by 5:00pm and we didn't have any major issues.
(Thankfully. Last year at 45 minutes before tip-off there was an electrical short that filled the arena with smoke and the game was cancelled.)
So the game went well- no issues, no fires, no problems. Yay.
Strike started at 11:45pm, and at 2:15am (Thursday) we loaded the last equipment case in truck that was headed back to the good ol' Estados Unidos...
We were back at the hotel by 2:45am and were in need of sustenance so we headed to a taco joint around the corner from the hotel - Tacos Don Güero (at 65 Rio Nilo) ...
My man & partner in grime Kui, posing with the Giant Cone of Pork - Oh My.
Some of our guys deciding on how we would divide and devour the existing stock.
The Master carving up the al pastor... We put a hurtin' on that thing...
Mmmm. Look at that strata of pork, spices, trichinella and spirochetes. Yum.
El Maestro de la Plancha - he kept the tacos and gringas coming for a good hour.
Everyone had two or three items, drinks, etc- the bill was about $34...
I paid the tab and tipped the guys and we headed back to the hotel.
My shuttle to the airport was at 4:30, just enough time to shower and pack my bags and head downstairs...
No issues at the airport in Mexico, and United was only an hour late departing from Houston with one gate change during my layover, so I'll count that as a minor victory.
Back to Jax by 5:30pm and home at 6:30...
One long damn day.
TBG- ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE
I had the early shift for the day- I arrived at the Arena de la Cuidad at 9:00am.
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| Columna del la Independencia on Paseo de Reforma |
At that time it was just me, security, and 8 firemen/paramedics...
Staff started trickling in around 10:30 or so... Even that was kind of early for the hoi polloi since the game had a scheduled start time of 9:30 PM.
I killed most of the day doing basic IT support, and a little pre-strike prep- moving cases to locations handy for breakdown but out of the way, etc.
The bulk of staff were in the house by 5:00pm and we didn't have any major issues.
(Thankfully. Last year at 45 minutes before tip-off there was an electrical short that filled the arena with smoke and the game was cancelled.)
So the game went well- no issues, no fires, no problems. Yay.
Strike started at 11:45pm, and at 2:15am (Thursday) we loaded the last equipment case in truck that was headed back to the good ol' Estados Unidos...
We were back at the hotel by 2:45am and were in need of sustenance so we headed to a taco joint around the corner from the hotel - Tacos Don Güero (at 65 Rio Nilo) ...
My man & partner in grime Kui, posing with the Giant Cone of Pork - Oh My.Some of our guys deciding on how we would divide and devour the existing stock.
The Master carving up the al pastor... We put a hurtin' on that thing...
Mmmm. Look at that strata of pork, spices, trichinella and spirochetes. Yum.
El Maestro de la Plancha - he kept the tacos and gringas coming for a good hour.
Everyone had two or three items, drinks, etc- the bill was about $34...
I paid the tab and tipped the guys and we headed back to the hotel.
My shuttle to the airport was at 4:30, just enough time to shower and pack my bags and head downstairs...
No issues at the airport in Mexico, and United was only an hour late departing from Houston with one gate change during my layover, so I'll count that as a minor victory.
Back to Jax by 5:30pm and home at 6:30...
One long damn day.
TBG- ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE
1 comment:
Sounds like a win (as long as Montezuma doesn't show up)...
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