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Stanley Cup Champs, need I say more? I'm so proud to be a Chicagoan and am ecstatic to watch the parade tomorrow! Our boys did us proud!

Yesterday was just a great day for Chicago sports. The Cubs beat the Brewers 9-4 and Derrek Lee (my all-time fav) hit his 300th homer. Marlon Byrd also moved up to number three on my top player list (after Theriot).

This epic night was celebrated in Wrigleyville. Aly and I, ironically were looking forward to a low key night, just watching the game, having a beer and hoping for the best. I brought up Wrigley thinking it'd be nice to watch it close to home, completely not thinking about the potential rioting ahead of us. I met her after work and we took the el straight to Wrigleyville. The bars were already filling up with excited Blackhawks fans. We settled on Barleycorn, it just feels like home there. We were taken to one of the last empty tables and sat right next to a wall with a surprisingly clear projected image of the game.

The hawks game was so intense. The entire time we were at the edge of our seats, heart racing, no option of breathing at all. However, all that tension paid off when Kane got the winning goal during overtime. The packed bar went nuts, and the two guys with serious Napoleon complexes (forgive my judging eyes) standing near us started climbing up on the chairs to shake what their mama gave them. Within five minutes the bar had emptied out and the rioting started. We decided to join the masses, but the rioting, body surfing and fireworks got a little too intense for our sober selves (I feel so bad for anyone who parked their cars on Clark), so we headed home. I was a little sad that we did not toast a winning shot. However, Aly and I had promised ourselves that we were only going to have one drink each and Aly was being responsible for the both of us. She said I would thank her when I was older, and I definitely had to today after watching hungover people try to make it to work.

I love the enthusiam of this city - from the team honoring Lord Stanley by giving the cup its own seat on the flight home, to celebrating the win with happy hour at work, we love our sports.