My sister invited me to the last Browns game of the season. I finally got to meet the person who has been giving her all the tickets. The best part of this story is that the Cleveland Browns won, and that is the first time that I have been at the new stadium for a game that they have won.

I would like to spend a minute describing the cold. The picture above is of my sister holding a beer upside down. The beer is quite obviously frozen, as any beer that we would have would be, because it was below freezing outside. I do not know exactly how cold it was, but at one point I think someone said that it was 12 degrees. I do not know if this is something everyone is aware of, but when you find out the temperature in Cleveland you are only getting half the story. Due to lake effect and wind chill you do not know how cold it really is until you take those two things into account. The stadium is right next to the lake, and I have to imagine that with those two things counted in it was probably well into the negatives.

I met the nice young woman who has been supplying the tickets for me this year. I got to go to the pre-season game against the Detroit Lions and this game. She was really nice, and it turns out that she will probably be able to do this same thing next year. That is very promising, because I would definitely enjoy going to more games.

The women were bundled up much better than I was. I think they were each wearing like 3 coats each. It was nice being there for the Browns actually winning for a change. We went out to eat afterwards. It was a nice way to bring in the new year. Maybe it’s a sign that this year will be better than the last. My sister took all these photos with her iPhone, because I was running a bit late to the game and forgot my camera. The pictures came out really well though, and that is good.