Love thee Notre Dame!!

It was amazing to get back to Chicago and Notre Dame over the weekend. Spent Thursday night in Chicago with my brother then on Friday we headed to South Bend to stay with Heather's sister Erin and her husband Matt. CJ's for lunch Friday, wow, it has doubled in size. They just reopened after fire shut them down, and it is encouraging to see them still swamped with people although it was strange - not quite the old CJ's we all knew and loved. Mishawaka Brewing Company for dinner - good stuff although by that time Heather and I were delerious due to a long day and lack of sleep from the night out in Chicago Thursday.

Saturday - game day. Ah, it feels good to be winning, the atmosphere on campus for #6 ND was electric. Tailgating, complete with cups and a shotgun speech, lived up to the memories, but unfortunately due to road relocations (!) the moon tower lot is no more. Here's Heather at the cups table, she proved to be a natural and for the rest of the day was highly recruited to be on teams at this winter's Cups VII tournament in Chicago.


Here are the siblings: me and my bro, Heather and Erin. The cool siblings are the ones with sunglasses. Obviously.


ND coasted to an easy win on a cold, crisp fall day, and being inside the sold-out stadium again was a huge rush. Saturday night Erin and Matt had a party at their house, their friends were very fun and the night ended with a 2am guitar sing-along. Good times. Yesterday we had brunch at Tippecanoe on Matt's excellent recommendation, I don't remember them having brunch when I was there, it was awesome!

The weekend spent wandering campus, driving around South Bend, tailgating, and getting back inside the stadium reminded me of how much I love Notre Dame and need to get back way more often...

GO IRISH!!