Greasy Pole Fun Facts

• The first Greasy Pole took place in 1931 and won by Nat Misuraca.
• Salvi Benson holds the all time record for Greasy Pole wins with 11.
• Peter “Black”  Frontiero won seven straight Sunday contests

Red Sox Nation

As natives of Massachusetts, we Looooove our Red Sox!!!  When Andrea’s sister hooked us up with tickets we could Not refuse!!!  Because we are poor bitches we were stuck in the Bleachers!!! Hahaha!!  But regardless of where you sit, Fenway is the place to be during baseball season!!  Red Sox fans are passionate, crazy people that want their team to dominate and have a good time watching it happen!! Everyone is dancing, singing, cheering and jeering all the while downing the golden amber of Bud Lite and mowing on a Fenway Frank!!

One major reason why Fenway is sooooo great is that it is sooooooo old.  It is one of the last remaining inner-city major league baseball parks in the country.   This makes for a more personal and entertaining experience.  Even the scoreboard is a rarity.  It is one of the last hand-operated scoreboards with green and red lights used to signal strikes, balls and outs.  Fenway has character, character that you just can’t get at Yankee Stadium!

Next time you are in the hood, shell out $50 and get to Fenway!!  Trust us you Won’t forget it!!!

Yankees SUCK!!!

Chanting “Yankees Suck” at Every single game no matter if we are playing them or not, slurring obscenities over empty bud light cups and singing “Sweet Caroline” during the seventh inning stretch are just a few of what to expect each and every time you hit the stands at Fenway!

Now really?  Does Neil Diamond have anything to do with Red Sox Nation?? How may you ask did a song about hooking up with a sweet lil lady named Caroline become the anthem of the seventh inning stretch??

Well we are here to answer this puzzling question for you!!

Thanks to Miss Amy Tobey, who was the Fenway music director from 1998 -2004, heard the sweet tune at other sporting events and decided to throw it into the lineup.  Tobey thought of “Sweet Caroline” as a good luck charm.  It became a staple in between the sixth and ninth innings but only if the Sox were ahead.  Soon fans expected to hear Mr. Diamond blaring across the park towards the end of the game regardless of the outcome.

When the Sox were bought in 2002, the new ownership asked for the tune to be played at every game during the 8th inning!  And that my friends is how the union of  “Sweet Caroline” and the Red Sox came to be.

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I’ve been inclined
To believe they never would
Oh, no, no

This is our new, updated Intro Video!!  Welcome aboard Andrea!!!

Not So Luck O’ the Irish

You would think that with one of the biggest populations of Irish outside of Ireland we would have had a little luck on our side this past St. Patty’s Day.

First came the rain, which wiped out the annul St. Patty’s parade in Southie.  Torrential waves of water beat down upon Beantown for two days straight.  With minimal equipment at our disposal we opted out of trekking to South Boston to stand in the freezing downpour.

Next came the Big day itself!! Knowing the Irish, we figured there would be two amazing drunk fests raging on in the streets near Broadway, the epicenter of Irish Boston.  As we jigged down the streets to Broadway we realized that it wasn’t an Irish town but in fact a ghost town!!  Apparently, the Irish of Southie only celebrate on the day of the parade!!!  All we could think was, “Oh My Goodness, Oh My Guinness”!!

Knowing that Faneuil Hall, in downtown Boston, has a cluster of Irish pubs we hit the T to Government Center.  Immediately, there were people decked out in green!! Thousands of partygoers were roaming the area of Faneuil Hall as well as lining up to get into the many said pubs!

In the end, we got drunk off Guinness that was magically delicious!!  We love the Irish!!

Lesson Learned: Party in Southie: Day of St. Patty’s Day Parade. Party in Faneuil Hall: Actual day of St. Patty’s Day

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There was a young girl from Rabat,

who had triplets, Nat, Pat and Tat;

It was fun in the breeding,

But hell in the feeding,

When she found she had no tit for Tat.

by Terry Walsh

There Once was a Man called Reg

Who Went with a Girl in a Hedge

Along came his wife

With a big Carving Knife

And cut off his meat and two veg

by Matt Barton

There was a young lass from Australia

Who painted her ass like a Dahlia

The shape it was fine

And the color devine

But the aroma–well, that was a faihlia

by Maurie Houseman

Fun Facts:

1. Legend says that each leaf of the clover means something: the first is for hope, the second for faith, the third for love and the fourth for luck.

2. On St. Patrick’s Day, 13 million pints of Guinness are served worldwide.

3. There are more Americans of Irish origin than there are Irish in Ireland.

4. The name “leprechaun” has several origins. It could be from the Irish Gaelic word “leipreachan,” which means “a kind of aqueous sprite.” Or, it could be from “leath bhrogan,” which means “shoemaker.”

5.The luck of the Irish was with George Washington in 1776 when the British evacuated Boston on St. Patrick’s Day, leaving the Americans to take over the city.

We want to say a big thanks to Wandering Educators.com for featuring Travelin’ Chucks this month on their site!!

Check out the article at:   www.wanderingeducators.com

Tuk Tuk Madness

You could say we got our World’s ROCKED!!  On the ride home from an amazing night of hitting the lanes (bowling) our Tuk Tuk crashed into a telephone pole at 40 mph!!!  We didn’t even see it coming!!!  At the moment of impact our 40 oz beer bottles smashed into a thousand sharp pieces that sliced our white legs open in deep, red gashes!!!  Pretty much we were thrown into a wall at an accelerated speed!  The damage to our bodies was beyond belief.

To be fully honest our memories of the initial impact are vague to say the least.  It was like a scene from a war movie.  Screaming, blood and major injuries plagued our crew of six.  Anton, our Swedish savior was thankfully there to help us out.  Chelsea had passed out from her concussion and awoke on the ground with five Laotians surrounding her.  Anton was there to help her through, explaining what had happened, holding her hand and getting her into the other tuk tuk that was our ambulance.  Kinsey on the other had knew the minute she gained consciousness that her collarbone was broken!!  When she finally got into the tuk tuk Anton held his own shirt to the deep wound on her leg all the while holding her hand till we got to the hospital.

At the hospital they took, Tom, Reeta and Kinsey into the third world ER to sew up their open wounds.  On three brown beds they placed the victims and began sewing, with No anesthesia!!  From outside the ER all was heard were the screeches from our three friends as the doctors stitched them up.

Ex-rays were taken and we were given aspirin and told to go home!!!  We could barely make it out the door on our own!  We were all stumbling and helping each other into the tuk tuk that was taking us back into town where we stayed.

Our Injuries:

Kinsey had a collarbone that was shattered, two broken ribs, a torn ligament in her shoulder and gashes on her head and legs.  Kinsey got Fuuucked!!!!

Chelsea’s head was smashed into the cab of the truck causing a deep dent and a concussion.  Not only that but she had two fractured ribs and a messed up arm.

Reeta had deep gashes in her legs, something wrong with her shoulder and a head injury.

Anton had a head injury and broken bones in his hand.

Tom had Deep, Deep gashes on his legs.

And Thomas had a swollen tongue…the lucky bastard!!!

We just want to say that we love you all and would not have made it through that ordeal without the four of you!!  Free stay if you ever grace us with your presence here in Boston!!  XOXOX

Due to the severity of our injuries we returned home within 36 hours of the accident!  We want to thank United Airlines for theexceptional care from Bangkok allllll the way to Boston.  You guys Rock!!!

We were so humbled by all of the help we were getting from the people of Laos, the passengers on all of our flights and in the airports.  So many people extended their hands to us when they saw the conditions we were in flying home.  From helping carry our bags, pushing our wheelchairs and going to get us food and water we cannot thank you more for your kindness!! However, once we landed in our own country we pretty much were kicked to the curb!!  No one cared or stopped to help us out.  We were so shocked and saddened that our own people didn’t look twice at us.  Welcome to America!!

Moral of the Story:

We know you have all heard this before but life is short.  You think you are in control but you are not!!  Life can be taken away in a split second!!  So you might as well live everyday doing what you love and what makes you happy and Not giving a flying fuck about what others think!! This hasn’t scared us away from travel it has only made us want to travel More!!  Live life to the FULLEST!!!

Rock On Rock Hard!!

Your Trusty Travelin’ Duo!

Chelsea & Kinsey

Stay tuned for more Amazingly Awesome Adventures!!!

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Cambodian Cuisine

Pho, it’s what’s for breakfast!  Rice noodles in a beef broth with different cuts of beef in it, these could include steak, fatty flank, lung and any other organ.  It is served with bean sprouts, lime and greens.  It is tasty, cheap and widely available!  Every street corner has a pho stand!

The limes in Southeast Asia are a cross between lemons and limes.  They are smaller and sweeter and perfect for making sweet, sweet limejuice.  Pretty much a lime smoothie!!  Cool and refreshing, perfect for those hot, hot Cambodian days!!