March Madness- Inman Style!

Once again I've been gone for a while. This is mostly due to my favorite time of the year, March Madness! For three weeks every March I get in the zone and watch as much basketball as humanly possible. As a result, I kind of withdraw from society for a while. Of course the tournament has been over for a few weeks now so it's time to get back to blogging.

One of my favorite parts of March Madness is the first day of games. At times there are four different games going on. The new broadcasting format is awesome in that all of the games can be viewed, but you need to be awfully good with the remote to keep on top of it all. Not a problem if you live in Inman Square though.

I happened to have had a doctor's appointment on the first day of games so I was able to head over to Parlor Sports for the opening tip of the tournament. Parlor Sports is the sports bar attached to Trina's Starlite Lounge. Earlier this year Trina's renovated their parlor room and turned it into a sports bar. They did a great job with the renovation and the eight tvs don't hurt either. Back in January JO and I went to Parlor Sports to watch the UConn vs. Notre Dame women's game. The bartender was really awesome about putting the game on one of the tvs and even consoled me when we lost in OT.

So I had no reservations about watching the tournament there. It was a great afternoon. Around 2:15 we hit the magical time when there were four games going on at once and it was great to have multiple tvs so we could watch all of the games without flipping back and forth. Once of the things I love about this place, and Trina's, is the neighborhood feel of the place. The staff really makes an effort to get to know their costumers.

JO and I went back three other times to watch March Madness games. A highlight was the last night when we went to watch the Final Four game and the bartender put our tab under "UConn." Big points in my book!

FYI- tomorrow they are opening early for the the 100th anniversary Red Sox game and serving pizza from All Star Pizza. If I didn't already have plans I would certainly be there.