Traveler's guide to Champies...

[morrison luke smith]

http://mlsmith.blogspot.com/2013/05/hype-mans-guide-to-usa-u
ltimate-college.html

please comment if you actually KNOW what the hell's going
on. But here's what I'd be doing until someone who actually
knew told me... Locals? chime in!!!

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[hsteb]

1. Town is called Verona, not Vernona.
2. The biking is indeed beautiful.
3. Great Dane is good but expensive food.
4. Ian's Pizza is all that and more.
5. My guess for Radical sauce: Some kind of hot sauce mixed
with ketchup. My advice with Radical sauce: eat it.

Harry

[morrison luke smith]

verona: fixed.
might add in ian's pizza, but since i'm not going.
i do think if you have any enjoyment of biking, it'd be the
way to get around for the weekend, even if the fields are 10
miles from downtown....

[ozarku...@gmail.com]

Go to the square. See the Capitol. Eat at Old Fashioned. Order fried cheese curds and a #38.

[morrison luke smith]

hmm. What is this Cheese Curds and #38 of which you speak?
naw, sounds good. I also think it's worth pointing out that
it's brat fest this weekend. although, i tried to find
things I might actually have time to do. and yeah, beer,
cheese and brats would definitely be happening. I was
saving that for saturday night to watch the nba semi -
finals and sort of chill out... part 2 tomorrow.

[zaebos2000]

Gotham bagels >>>> Bagels forever

[RoShamShot]

Does anybody know if the road in front on the complex is
still under construction? (I hope not, that was 11 months
ago)

Or if there are any food vendors there? I know there is a
sandwich shop (Milo's?) like 500 feet from the entrance.

Is there any word on extra parking? The place got pretty
full when it was just Swiss with 32 teams and no spectators

Any early thoughts on games for Saturday? Ignoring results
from Saturday I was interested in Pitt-UNCW round 1,
Wisco-Harvard Round 2 (and maybe UCF-Luther for random
reasons) Women's Oregon-Minnesota and Wisco-Stanford round
#3 and round 4 just wherever the most drama/importance is.

[La Maldad]

Please excuse Harry and his high school budget. When he says
the Dane is "expensive" he means that entrees range between
$7-14. He is correct in saying it's good; I'd go further and
say it's delicious.

Hh

[morrison luke smith]

Ah good. I actually made a good faith effort to find stuff
that I'd go check out if I was there. But my first action
upon arriving would be to ask my peers where to go. And by
"expensive" he means, "quite reasonably priced," and a short
walk from the stadium? I'm down.

I wouldn't say I wasted, but too many years of my
tournaments involved too much plane, car, hotel, soccer
complex, and not enough of the stuff that makes every city
different.

[Vancer]

"... too many years of my tournaments involved too much

plane, car, hotel, soccer complex, and not enough of the
stuff that makes every city different."

Preach

[Reggie Fanelli]

> I wouldn't say I wasted, but too many years of my
> tournaments involved too much plane, car, hotel, soccer
> complex, and not enough of the stuff that makes every city
> different.

~~~~~~~

---dude...you're hatin' it!
it's a MUST to take in at least ONE super duper local aspect whatever
city you go to.

madison....buritos as big as your head and state street!
austin...some music and bats flying out of a bridge
breckenridge....running up and down mountains
stanford....mike g walking tour of san fran...coit tower, pier 39,
haight ashbury, the curvy road, all spots in between
wilmington nc....eastern carolina style bbq at casey's
greenville nc....eastern carolina style bbq at parkers
boston....the aquarium and cheers
choptank...laying with feet pointed up the washington monument, ade
watch tv in that big ole chair,
indiana.....running up the stairs of that tower in downtown
indianapolis
oregon or washington.....where ever they have that world famous
'copper river salmon'....i ate that stuff while they were 'running'
suny invite(?).....walking around nycity...sleeping in 3 different
parks after having driven thru the entire night...smelling those nasty
smells and getting dizzy lookin' up at all the tall buildings....
Lehigh Pa....uhm....a friendly's restaurant?????
Baton Rouge.....crawfish, corn and potatoes out of a big ole trash can
the first trip there......steel band, more crawfish etc etc....
Urbana Illinois....the walk between where the Irates were
staying....and where the Seaweed were staying!!!!!!! holla!(not great
sight seeing...)
Tuscaloosa Alabama.....DREAMLAND BBQ!!!!!


of course...everywhere you go....trying to sneak into that big ole
stadium and running the field down and back waving to the imaginary
crowd.......Rutgers, THE Ohio State, Harvard.....a couple
others...couldn't get into indianapolis, but considered pretending to
be parents of some kids going in on field trips....but resisted. the
Alabama stadium....that place COULD be penetrated.....but it'd take
some more figuring

[JThib]

La Maldad wrote on Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31

> Please excuse Harry and his high school budget. When he
> says the Dane is "expensive" he means that entrees range
> between $7-14. He is correct in saying it's good; I'd go
> further and say it's delicious.
>
> Hh

Agreed. Do not avoid the Dane on account of the cost, it
may actually be one of the cheaper meals you can find in
downtown Madison and the price/excellence ratio is
fantastic. Also, order the nachos.

If you're looking for a truly expensive meal then I would
recommend the Tornado Club, a steak house right off the
capitol square. Budget $50/person, but sweet jesus are
those steaks worth it.