Timberwolves Birthday

Monday was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and it was also the day that M and I went to our first Timberwolves game for this season.  We try to go at least once a year.  Despite it being birthday week for me, we were going for M's birthday which was earlier this month.  I bought tickets before they went on sale to the public and we had a fabulous time.  For one night, we were La-Di-Da, hifalutin, hoity toity and high society....or at least that's the way we felt.

We decided to go to the game two hours before it started.  We rolled up to the front of Target Center on First Avenue and dropped off my Lexus dirty, rusty Nissan Sentra with the valet.  He kindly asked us what time would be best for us to pick up our car so he could have it staged for us.  10 pm was answer.  Impression Analysis: Neat!

We walked into the Target Center and looked to where we were to go.  Off to the side we saw a special entrance called the Lexus Courtside Club.  We floated over there, had our tickets scanned and walked through to the special area.  Impression Analysis: Cool!

We check in at the Lexus counter, get our Lexus wristbands and are given a key for our Lexus locker to put all of our belongings in. Impression Analysis: Fancy!

After dropping our belongings in our personal locker, we are escorted through the NBA City restaurant to a special roped-off section in the back area where only Lexus people can go.  We are offered an all you can eat buffet as well as unlimited free beer, wine, pop or water.  Impression Analysis: We're famous!

We eat a little and enjoy our libations and then through a door to the entrance to the Target Center to watch some practice.  Impression Analysis: Are we really supposed to be walking in right onto the floor?  Heck yeah we are!

We find our padded leather Lexus seats, (the same exact type of seat the Timberwolves are also sitting in) which are courtside, on the floor. We're row 4 of 4, on the aisle with in-seat service for food and beer. Impression Analysis: OMG!

Timberwolves practice is taking place at the basket right in front of us and we're snapping a ton of pictures from our seat area.  Impression Analysis:  Is it legal to be this close?

We rub elbows with some local TV and radio personalities...Sid Hartman, Meatsauce from KFAN, Paul Allen, Mike Max, oh and owner of the Timberwolves and Lynx, Glen Taylor (net worth: ~ 2 billion)  Impression Analysis: Yep, we're famous.  

The game is about to start and introductions and warm ups are coming up.  Impression Analysis: We still get to see a game after all this?

The Timberwolves play the Sacramento Kings.  We are so close players look like their looking directly at you and you can see all their visual queues and even the sweat dripping off of them.  Impression Analysis: !!

It's halftime and we walk around a little bit to come back to our seats with a paper detailing all stats from the 1st half of the game.  We received texts from our friends Chris and Tanya who are watching the game, pausing TV and taking pictures of us on the TV.  Impression Analysis:  We're definitely famous.  

Final score:  Timberwolves 99, Kings 86.  Impression Analysis: Wolves win!

We waited a little bit for our car to be ready and then pick up our car and go to Pizza Luce for beer and pizza.

Once we got to Pizza Luce, they had a reserved table waiting for us.  Ok, not really but for whatever reason, it said "Reserved" at our table.  Within minutes of sitting down, I hear M say, "Nice game, man.", followed by a "Thanks".  It was Derrick Williams from the Timberwolves walking by.  Not even five minutes later, I'm faced towards the door and my eyes are fixated in that direction.  M keeps asking me, what are you looking at?  I reply with "nothing" trying to be cool.  M goes to the bathroom and looks back at what I'm looking at and walks away but comes back three seconds later to say, "Is that Kevin Love?"  Yep!  Two T-wolves sightings at Pizza Luce after the game.  Impression analysis:  We are way cooler than we already know.

Tuesday morning:  

We have the day off from work but wake up remembering last night and how it was a perfect, fun night.  Impression analysis:  We're far from famous today but once in a blue moon it's fun to pretend you are.  

Happy Birthday Michael!