Melissa Kaylene: Living Locally: Our First Portland Thorns Game

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Living Locally: Our First Portland Thorns Game

Photos from a Portland Thorns Game via @melissakaylene
Photos from a Portland Thorns Game via @melissakaylene

A couple of weeks ago Anika and I watched our first professional soccer game together. The Portland Thorns had a rivalry game against the Seattle Reign's at Providence Park, and I was lucky enough to get some tickets from the National Mango Board and my Friend Marlynn from Urban Bliss Life. I received four tickets, so I decided to take a couple of friends with us.



I had never been to Providence Park before, and my husband warned me that parking wouldn’t be very fun – and he was right! It turned out to be the first sell out show for the Thorns ever, and we got stuck in a mess of pedestrians and vehicles, and ended up running late.

Photos from a Portland Thorns Game via @melissakaylene
Photos from a Portland Thorns Game via @melissakaylene

Once we finally did get there though we had a bunch of fun. We had amazing seats and were only about nine rows up from the field.

Photos from a Portland Thorns Game via @melissakaylene
Photos from a Portland Thorns Game via @melissakaylene
Photos from a Portland Thorns Game via @melissakaylene

By the time we got there we were starving – and I was happy to see a Bunk Sandwich stand there. I first discovered Bunk Sandwiches about a year and a half ago, when I attended the RCA Annual Conference and Culinology Expo and they had a food cart catered lunch one afternoon and Bunk was there and I first tasted one of their Pork Belly Cubanos... and that’s exactly what I had for dinner as we cheered the Thorns on, along with a glass of wine (of course)!

Photos from a Portland Thorns Game via @melissakaylene
Photos from a Portland Thorns Game via @melissakaylene
Photos from a Portland Thorns Game via @melissakaylene

We ended up losing 0-1, but we had a ton of fun experiencing something new and making memories. 

When was the last time you did something for the first time?

~Melissa

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