Trip to Chicago & Phillies autographs
Two weeks ago I made my first ever trip to Chicago to meet up with James, my roommate from college. My buddy Paul joined us as well on what was mostly a weekend tour of Chicago pubs. Amidst the late nights of drinking and debauchery we were fortunate enough to find time to attend a game at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were to take on the Twins in inter-league play for the first time this year. We had the full Wrigley experience, sat in the bleachers, drank cheap beer and watched the Cubs lose on what turned out to be a nice sunny day. Being from Boston, Fenway is the closest frame of reference I have to the Northsider's park. Visually, Wrigley reminded me alot of Fenway in the 80's and 90's when I was growing up, with very little on field advertising and a really old-time feel. The crowd was great too. The bleachers seemed to be taken over by Twins fans who had made the pilgrimage to the relatively close-by home of the Cubs. They were a rowdy but good natured crowd, which is quite a contrast to what I was used to in Boston when regional rival New York comes to town. All-in-all, I love Wrigley and loved Chicago. I cant wait to go back.
Kevin Houseworth, a Phillies fan and customer of mine recently wrote me and told me he had the fortune of having a few of my prints signed by Phillies players. Apparently Utley, Rollins and Hamels all thought that the art was amongst the nicest pieces they had seen the entire day and actually asked where it could be purchased. Really flattering to hear! Take a look at the photos below, taken at the Phillies Phestival which is the Phillies annual ALS fundraier and pay no attention to the bucket of fries that Rollins has by him:
I'm knee deep in my project with Topps which I now have more definitive details about. I'm designing 30 semi-unique baseball cards due out in Topp's "Updates and Highlights" 2009 set, due out in October. Each design will also be available as a limited edition screen-print by yours truly for sale on toppsonlinestore.com This is a massive amount of work for me, but the promotion alone should be worth it.
