Saturday, August 31, 2013

A draft and a stroll

The 2013 West Suburban Fantasy Football League draft is in the books. For those who care about the awesomeness that is this 16-team scoring only league, the New York Jets (picking 15th overall) will start the season as follows:

QB:
Russell Wilson, Seattle
Ryan Tannehill, Miami

RB:
Stevan Ridlay, New England
David Wilson, New York Giants
Darren Sproles, New Orleans
Rashard Mendenhall, Arizona

WR:
Mike Williams, Tampa Bay
Anquan Boldin, SanFrancisco 
Michael Floyd, Arizona

TE:
Owen Daniels, Houston

K:
Matt Bryant, Atlanta
Shayne Graham, Cleveland

For those who read this far and for those who skipped right over the fantasy football, I am still awake as I type this. This fact is only significant as I've been awake for 30 hours or so. After the draft ended after 6 am local time, I got up, got out, and visited Vienna's famous "Naschmarkt" for a stroll through the Saturday flea market. Kind of fun, kind of cool, and since I was neither seeking to rummage through people's garbage nor did I have any extra luggage space to carry crap home, I just browsed and left. 

The sunny and pleasant morning continued with a reverse stroll back through the market - Vienna's outdoor fresh market and restaurant alley, if you will. The bright colors and captivating smells were delightful: fresh flowers and spices of paprika and saffron and chili and more created an enticing olfactory experience. Feeling hungry (as I hadn't eaten since dinner last night around 9 pm and it was now 8 am ... and you'd be hungry too if you smelled everything j smelled!) I stopped at Neni, a Jewish owned and operated restaurant at the markt. A wonderful and expertly prepared slice of challa bread French toast with stewed peaches was my treat to myself for getting out of the apartment and exploring instead of going to sleep. 

Just another experience I get to check off the list; ironically, thanks to fantasy football and the seven hour time difference to back home, or else there is no way I'm at the markets while the shopping areas are still passable or the fresh produce sellers are thriving or the restaurants are just opening and getting prepped for the day!  :-)

(Oh, and on the off-chance that anybody from the league is reading this post, I WILL be kicking all of your asses all the way from Europe. You can't stop me. You can't even hope to contain me.)