Ballers - duh!

Kimbo contacted me at about 5:45 p.m. asking if I would be interested in attending a pre-season Warriors game with 4th row tickets. My obvious reaction was, "OF COURSE!" Someone from Kim's work sent out an e-mail during the afternoon asking if anyone wanted the tickets and Kimbo jumped on the opportunity.

Getting there was a trek within itself since I didn't realize that there was a downstairs BART platform at the Oakland 12 St City Center stop that I needed to go down to in order to catch the Fremont train. After about 25 minutes of waiting for the wrong BART (and missing the right one), I finally got on the right train and was on my merry way. Keep in mind that I tend to stay in my little bubble of SF City and have been taking cabs and buses everywhere.

I showed up about an hour late and the two of us couldn't figure out how to meet up at the right gate since half of them were already closed. Thankfully one of the security guards that I was talking to gave me a random game ticket and I went in on my own.

Once in the arena, I bought beer to catch up with Kim and went down to our COURTSIDE SEATS. We made friends with Brian, the usher, who had the most adorable kid everrrr. He also let us hang out after the game and took pictures of us courtside. Brian rocks and I will definitely say hi to him again if I go to another Warriors game in the near future.

Towards the end of the game I noticed Kimbo waving at someone across the court. I started waving and noticed that Kimbo was giving her "sexy eyes" to Stephen Jackson, a Golden State Warrior. Not only were we both now waving, but he was looking directly towards us and waving back!

Cheers to the unexpected and having an amazing night. Thanks, Kimbo!

Tips for watching NBA games or going to venues in general: 1) talk to the security guards if in doubt about getting in w/o a ticket 2) make friends with ushers 3) note to reader: be nice and smile to everyone. you never know who you're smiling at or who you're going to meet. 4) as long as you act the part, you will own the part :)

Side note: Kimbo asked if I was going to blog about this night. What a ridiculous question!