Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

Wifey is at it again. It looks like she’ll be heading out of town this weekend to see the Eagles. The rock group, not the football team. Wifey signed up for a local radio contest to “win a trip to New York,” and she won, naturally. Thanks to the fine folks at Thunder 103.5, she scored a pair of e-tickets for a round trip Continental Airlines flight between Tampa and Newark leaving Friday. The schwag includes a pair of tickets to the concert at the Continental Airlines Arena at the Meadowlands on Friday night, and two nights at the Renaissance in East Rutherford, NJ. That’s the extent of the package. No other transportation (say from airport to hotel to arena) comes with it. I know the New York Giants and New York Jets play in New Jersey, but it’s not really a “trip to New York,” is it? The airport, hotel and concert are all in the Derty Jerz as someone likes to call it. Anyway, I’m not really complaining. I mean, it’s an unplanned, unexpected short weekend trip to the northeast. It’s not like we haven’t been there recently. And I’m sure the weather will be just beautiful. And it’s free, except for meals, transportation, and the taxes that will come due next year. I mean, that’s pretty good prices for a free trip, right?