Sweet Sixteen


I forever stand by the belief that the best memories come from spur of the moment decisions... going with your gut... wanting something badly enough and just making it happen.  

Such was the situation when Richie and I decided to buy tickets and book a trip to NYC the moment UT beat Duke in the second round of playoffs during March Madness.  Heading to Madison Square Garden baby to see Tennessee in the Sweet Sixteen!

This fabulous decision of ours was made even sweeter when Michigan State beat Marquette later that evening!  Heading to Madison Square Garden baby to see both Tennessee and Michigan State play in the Sweet Sixteen!  


We headed up in the morning, made it just in time to have a drink and make our way to the games.  

First game was Michigan State vs Kansas State.  Second game was Tennessee vs Florida Atlantic.


The view from our seats was pretty spectacular.




Michigan State played a hell of a game... ended up going into overtime... but sadly lost 98-93 to Kansas State.

I believe Richie had been waiting for HOURS to remove the Michigan State gear (what a good sport he was though!)

He didn't even bother leaving his seat to make his wardrobe change 😂😂😂




UT unfortunately didn't even show up to play.. It was a pitiful loss to Florida Atlanta 62-55...

BUT, we still had the most fun!

As we started heading uptown from MSG to One Hotel Central Park, we never really found the right opportunity to jump into a taxi...  so we ended up just walking about a mile.  It was a beautiful night... the city was alive.. we passed fun people along the way... we ended up stopping at a rooftop bar, which was quite an experience.

They first wouldn't let us in because we weren't dressed properly (Riff Raff!!) but eventually the bouncer hollered for us to come back and said "go on in... I just let in a few others too"  (a few others?  like a few other trashy people?)  ðŸ˜‚


Long story short... we ended up paying nothing for our drinks, people just kept buying them for us.  They sent us out to a rooftop camera shoot where we couldn't stop laughing because of the insanity of all of it!



Where the hell are we? And how did we get here?!!  ðŸ˜‚😂



It was the most perfect overnight trip where we made some of the greatest memories in one of my most favorite cities with my most favorite person!



 

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