Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Honeymoon in Arizona: Lemonade, Lemonade Like Grandma Made!!

After we decided to go to Arizona, one of the first things we did was check to see whether the Diamondbacks would be in town that week. We were excited when we found out they would be, and we bought tickets for a Friday night game against the Dodgers.

The Diamondbacks play at Chase Field, which is a large dome with a retractable roof. Ross and I took bets as to whether it would be air-conditioned. I voted yes; he voted no. Nobody's keeping score, but the temperature outside was 108, and the temperature inside was a crisp 72. :-)

The game was great! The D-backs won, and afterwards, they opened the roof and had a fireworks show. But the thing we'll remember most is this guy:

I know the picture is terrible, but it gives you a good idea. He was a lemonade salesman. We sat in section 316, I think, and the sections were really large. We could hear this guy screaming, at the top of his lungs, from section 312 or so:

"LEMONADE! LEMONADE! LIKE GRANDMA MADE!!!"

We learned quickly that you had to avoid eye contact; if he caught your eye, he'd start yelling at you directly. "YOU WANT SOME LEMONADE?" (Points directly at you.) "YOU KNOW YOU WANT SOME LEMONADE! LIKE YOUR GRANDMA MADE! COTTON CANDY? BOTTLED WATER? YOUR FAVORITE! I KNOW YOU WANT SOME!"

The game was fun. But this guy...he made it memorable.

4 comments:

  1. I'm glad you guys had a good time! That's quite the catchy tune your vendor had....ha!

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  2. I swear I left a comment on the last blog post, but it didn't show up! Anyway...that guy sounds crazy, but I must know, was the lemonade really like grandma made??? Because I really doubt that it was.

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  3. The vendors at Razorback games in LR crack me up...like 13 year old kids walking around emo-style, with their heads down and not saying a word. If people weren't dying of thirst, I doubt they'd even notice the vendors were there.

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  4. I need another blog post! It's been almost a month, and I need an update on your life as a married couple!!! :)

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