Show us your Life-Teams and Tailgating!

The Show us your life theme this Friday at Kelly's Korner is all about your favorite teams, traditions and tailgating. As for my favorite teams I would have to say the Virginia Cavaliers (my alma mater) and the Georgia Bulldogs. Since my hubby is a HUGE 'dawg fan and we have season tickets to the games, the Dawgs may inch out the 'Hoos as to who is my favorite team. Sadly, I don't keep up with Virginia sports and rely on my hoo friends and their Facebook status updates to find out how they are doing and right now they aren't doing very well at all!




I did go to the Peach Bowl back in '98 or '99 when Virginia played Georgia and Virginia lost after we missed a last minute field goal. We were winning the whole game! Funny thing is that Jimmy was at that game too! Who knew our paths would cross in Charlottesville.

As for tailgating, most of the tailgating I have done has been at Georgia. I am certainly not a pro and leave most of the organizing to those that are seasoned Georgia fans. I am just along for the fun! The nice thing about Georgia is that you can really tailgate anywhere you can find a spot. Certainly it is nice to have a parking space, but you can also find a nice spot of grass and set up your tailgate. As for the perfect tailgate some of our good friends in Savannah were featured in Paula Deen's cookbook "Paula Deen and friends-Living it Up, Southern Style." Both Georgia fans and grads they had a chapter devoted to them and their famous "Georgia Bulldog Parking Lot Tailgate" Here is the menu and a link to some of the recipes:

chicken fingers (usually Chick-fil-a or Zaxby's)
turkey wraps
pimiento cheese
cheese spread
salsa
symphony brownies
cold beer
bloody marys





Here is a pic of me and Jimmy tailgating at the Georgia/GA Tech game a couple of years ago in Atlanta. I think we were essentially tailgating on a bridge over I75 or I85.



This is my brother-in-law who went to Tech (around these parts that refers to Georgia Tech, not Virginia Tech) and my sister-in-law who went to Georgia.