Phillies KivaB4B.org Blog - 4/23/08 - Kiva Business 4 Business Community

This past weekend, my co-worker, Pauli Tiefling and I

had the privilege to take the Samoans, Senerita & Senio to the Phillies vs. NY Mets game at Citizens Bank Park.

It was their first baseball game ever, and they were already dressed to impress. We arrived at their hotel to see the couple both wearing blue Phillies t-shirts. They were instant fans in the City of Brotherly Love.

On the way to the game, I told Senerita how much I liked her straw bag made in Samoa and she generously told me how she wanted to give it to me as a token of her appreciation. But she needed a bag herself if I was to receive hers as a gift. So I took her to the Phils store in the stadium, and got her a cute Phillies backpack to keep her things.

At the game, the couple enjoyed many pleasant American experiences. We were fortunate enough to have a suite at the game where there was a buffet of amazing food. It included hot sausage, hot dogs, chicken fingers, pizza, stromboli, veggies, fruit, cookies, cake and ice cream. So let's just say they got their eye and stomachful of American delights. Senerita wanted hot sausage with a roll for her and her husband. But, I have to say Senerita really enjoyed cotton candy the most at the game.

They sat in our awesome seats during most of the game. Senio enjoyed a couple beers to quench his thirsts. Here's a view...

But after 5 innings the couple told me they were tired of good ol' American baseball, and they wanted to head back to the hotel to prepare their things for a NYC trip the following day. Their only request...fish and chips for dinner.

So once we returned to the hotel in downtown Philly I went into a neighboring bar, Mace's Corner and ordered them fish, chips, and veggies to eat in their hotel room. Let's just say enough food came out to feed them for a week. Gotta love American portions!

It was sad to leave them. Senerita especially, because I think she really liked Pauli & I. She gave Pauli a sarong with Samoa stitched in the fabric as a parting gift.

She had tears in her eyes when I hugged her goodbye, and she waited on the sidewalk by her hotel watching us as our car pulled away in an almost movie-like moment.