mmm-yoso, the blog, never is on vacation. It is a day for Cathy to write about what she ate,and other stuff. Kirk is way busy.
Hi. It’s Sunday June 24. The 2004 National Champion Boston Red Sox are in town. Tickets to this game have been sold out for months. The Mister and I still saw the game, live. But not quite on ground level.
Oh, yes, we were in the new Diamond View Tower commercial building, right next to the ballpark, 15th floor, along with about 100 of our closest friends, some University of Michigan Alumni.
Seems one of our fellow Alums works for Point Loma Bank and the top floor Suite was available we were able to attend this event for a small donation to the University of Michigan San Diego Scholarship Fund.
This is part of the interior view and there is a patio that looks out onto the Ballpark.
Glass windows, floor to ceiling, and six television sets inside. You could hear the bat hit the ball inside the room, while watching the television. You could hear the crowd roar. It was like being there, but with air conditioning and no lines in the bathroom.
Oh, right. It was catered. Quite well.
This is the outdoor 
fire pit, clear and colored tumbled glass with a gas line through the center. Beautiful at night. The flames were on during the day, but I don’t think you can see very well (click onto any photo to enlarge). That giant canopied round pillowed chair looked through the glass railings down on to the field.
Food. Right.
Smoked chicken quesedilla wedges topped with a fresh salsa. very nice.
Bruschetta topped with caramelized onions. 
Outside, a grill was going.
Soon, these small, yet substantial "Sliders" showed up. Burger, cheese, pickle, caramelized onion on an egg bun. Really tasty, quite enough in four bites and just plain nice. 
There was this bow tie pasta
salad,
made with a nice basil based dressing.
Also this spinach/artichoke/onion dip, served with a variety of crackers and bread slices.
Then, this sign and setup(click on the photo to read):
Oh. My.
Me and mashed potatoes. and toppings. Life is good. Ballpark food this isn’t.
The Mister’s first "martini"- mashed potatoes, Gorgonzola, bacon, wild mushroom gravy and some fried leeks.
My first "martini"-potatoes, Gorgonzola, parsley and fried leeks.
Oh yes, it was wonderful. Notice I said ‘first martinis’. There were more, a lot more. The chicken curry sauce was wonderful and different, 
quite tasty, just a little heat.
Oh, sure, there was a coffee set up with some nice dessert bites. 
The cookies were unique- one seemed to have instant coffee
as an ingredient and the other was more of a soft gingersnap. There were diamond shaped brownies, peanut butter topped brownies, lemon diamonds and raspberry oatmeal cookies. All were fresh and tasty, not too sugary.
But, well, if you have paid attention…I am not that into sweets. Remember those crackers outside, next to the artichoke dip? and the Gorgonzola that nobody seemed to be touching?
Yep- a nice little cheese and cracker tray.
Then, I just didn’t bother and filled a martini glass
with Gorgonzola only.
Hope everyone is having a nice first weekend of Summer!
Oh, Boston won 4-2. The Mister and I have never attended a game the Padres won. Ever. More than 20 years.