Sixer for a day!

Throwback to when we could walk outside. Pictures to come soon

I had this great opportunity to take a tour of the Sixers practice facility with my brother. The question everyone asks is how did you get to do this. Well my season ticket rep called me said that they were having an event for select season ticket holders and he thought I would love it. Oh course I said yes and it was off to the event.

The event starts with the a interview, ask about how long you have been a Sixers fan, favorite Sixers moment. Then you head into the court to check in and sign your contract. Which is cool thing to have.

They move you into the next part which is a picture with the nba championship trophy, (Obrien Trophy) and up to the lounge/Snack area. Alright the food spread they had was delicious, really when you think of it I am a food event blogger so you know this was going to make the cut. The chicken salad sandwich was delicious. It was on a sweet raisin bread and was great. They also had a the meats and cheese platters that they have at these events, artichoke dip, spinach dip, and crab dip. I also had a mozzarella tomato sandwich which was great as well. It look like they had white macaroon and chocolate chip cookies. I skipped the cookies because, for lent I am not doing deserts. (Exceptions for birthday cake and bachelor parties)

They moved us back to the practice court and squad 76 put on a quick show. The next part was the 30 second challenge. Layup, free throw, three, half court shot. I rushed the free throws and missed the first three. Took my time on the fourth sunk it but time ran out before I could hit the three. (Honestly the NBA three would have just been pure luck so I likely was going to hit it. My brother did slightly better but couldn't hit the three either.

After we were down the 30 second challenge, they let us have free session on the court so most people just shoot around on the courts. I took a few more threes, finally made one, but it was around 10% from three on the day. A step in through I drained a bunch. That extra step makes a huge difference.

I think my favorite part was when Matt got hot from the corner and said he is shooting better than Korkmaz. I also think I am shooting a higher percentage at the practice facility than Markelle Fultz from the foul line, but that is not saying much.

We also took a bunch of photos so you can check those out below. It was great time and thanks to the Sixers and my season Ticket rep.

Smoke BBQ ribs and Brisket nachos

Well went to Smoke last week and because of the time and effort in the cheesesteak tour I have been a bit slow to get this published. Sorry, loyal readers but I wanted to mix the content up a bit. Leave a comment if you like the cheesesteak tour or if you prefer I stick to the shorter review pieces.

I was wrong about the Sixers

I'll be honest there are a lot of things I have been wrong about when it comes to the Sixers over the past couple of years. I thought Fultz was going to be the third star next to be Joel and Ben and that the trade was a good one. Wrong. I thought that Nik Stauskas would turn into a better version of JJ Reddick, a combination of shooting, average defense and ball handling. Way wrong! I thought that Dario is super fun to cheer for and should be a sixer for life, actually I was right about that.

The Cheesesteak tour of Philly

Well on February 22nd, it was the first group blog event, even if most of the people didn't know I was going to write about it here till the day before I think everyone was enthusiastic about the idea and with that 6 brave souls went about trying to find the best cheesesteak in Philadelphia. Before going forward check out the map of the tour and the details over here. (Yes I am doing this so I can skip a good portion of the rewrite between the two posts.) Also if you are just here for the results skip to the bottom I go on several tangents which have little to do with cheesesteaks and it goes against my core beliefs of blogging to take the tangents out.

So I can't take all the credit for this, several years ago Doug, showed me a youtube video of a guy who ate 16 cheesesteaks in 12 hours so it was always in the back of my mind as something I would want to do but I am not that crazy to try to eat whole ones so to steal the idea from cheesesteak fest I brought friends and cut it up into pieces. One of the things I remembered about that video was it started at Tony Lukes and actually Tony Luke's was the winner of his best cheesesteak. So with that in mind Tony Lukes was the starting point for this one as well.

 

Sonic the Hedgehog!

So a blast from my past was definitely going to get me to write a movie review. Back in the game Sonic Adventure 2 Battle (gamecube) was my game. College friends can remember the time I spent 100% the game and effort to get all As. So I'm going to follow my rainbow and give the review the Sonic Movie deserves!

Ribs at Back Alley BBQ

Was told that the Ribs at Back Alley BBQ were out of this world so I knew I needed to go out and give them a try. Well I was not disappointed. Maybe not the best in the world but they were good and huge. Just take a look!

Mission BBQ- Turkey and Ribs, oh yeah and the brisket sandwhich!

Going off the bbq trend to get back to some classics. Realized there where still a bit of items I am leaving off the reviews. One of those great items at BBQ places that can get over looked is the Turkey. Smoked Turkey can be delicious as I learned from my trip to Franklin BBQ. Time to apply that lesson and switch things up!