Let it be said that while the Blackhawks players are a tasty bunch, Blackhawks fans as a whole look kind of trashy. At least those pumped enough to fill downtown Chicago streets for the ticker-tape parade and rally today. I saw girls who'd managed to slut-up their red t-shirts with some creative cutting and twisting. Those tees were paired with big hair and super-short jean cut-offs, rolled up.They were a sight to behold. And the guys? Suffice it to say I saw a lot of big guts, mullets and long goatees. The Loop smelled like day two of Lollapalooza: sweat, sunscreen, cigarettes and port-a-johns.
But the energy was palpable and that was kind of cool.
The photo is a view of the parade from my office window taken on my Blackberry. I'm looking south to Washington. Click on it for a closer look.
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Couldn't agree more. I think I can still smell the lingering smell of BO (and I know, this time at least, that it's not me). Plus, at 10:30 a.m., I thought at least 4 people were going to stumble right over because they were so drunk. Oh, and I got hit in the face with a water bottle cap. But it was exciting when the team finally passed by. And then I went back to my air conditioned office two blocks away.
Yeah, I hear you. I told my husband that hockey fans are kind of the northern equivalent of NASCAR fans.
Mullets and hockey go together like sequins at the Ice Capades. From what I could tell it looked really cool from the photos. Not that I wanted to be there in person.
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