Tennis Fanatics

As I mentioned, we spent all of yesterday at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in DC. For as long as I can remember we’ve been a tennis playing + watching family. I got my first tennis racquet at a very young age and I distinctively remember going to the local tennis courts every week to play as a family. Growing up, I attended many tennis camps both local and sleep-away. However, I never took it [super] seriously because I was always more interested in becoming an Olympic gymnast .

If you come over to our house, there’s a 97% chance that The Tennis Channel is on TV (unless I have the remote, in which case it’s The Food Network channel). Tennis is something we as a family enjoy watching and playing together.

So, when a tennis tournament comes to the DC area, you better believe we’re there to see it!

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A Rushed Breakfast:

Due to time constraints, this was all I had time to shovel into my mouth!

Kefir, whipped 1% cottage cheese, Cinnamon Puffins and hami melon

Cottage cheese is one of my favorite dairy foods. It’s thick, slightly cheesy, and so high in protein. One of my favorite types to get is 1% whipped. It’s different from regular cottage cheese in that it’s not as curdle-y. I’ve only ever seen it made by the Friendship brand.

Note: I like cottage cheese with some fat in it. In my opinion, fat free cottage cheese is gross. 2% is the best but they only make whipped with 1%.

I also had a cup of coffee but that went unpictured as I was racing around packing snax for the day….

A date + almond butter sandwich using the butt pieces of the bread.

This would have been my biggest nightmare as a child since I loathed bread crust. However, nowadays butt pieces (aka solid crust!) are fine by me.

A fresh apricot and candy vitamins (a multi-vitamin gummy and a chocolate calcium chew). I never ever ever ever ever forget these. In fact, I eagerly wait for hours to pass so I can have another one .

Plus a side of mini sweet peppers

And then we were off! Yesterday was ‘family day’ so tickets were 4 for $20–a great deal!

We went around to the practice courts to watch the higher seeded players practice with each other and their coaches. As they are leaving the courts (or just walking around), you can ask for an autograph and/or photograph. It’s an awesome opportunity to meet your favorite stars! Sadly, I think Andy Roddick was there way early because we didn’t see him .

We did see John Isner practicing (the American who won the 11 hour long Everlasting Epic Tennis Match at Wimbledon).

We also saw another American, James Blake.

We got his autograph! (I’m glad he signed our program, otherwise we’d never remember who’s autograph that is!). Looks like ‘2M’ to me!

My mom loves getting photos with the players so I became her personal photog.

Here she is with Xavier Malisse

Julien Benneteau

and Michael Llodra. It’s okay if these names mean nothing to you.

Then it started pouring rain! Fortunately, the storm didn’t last long. The matches were only delayed by about an hour.

The snax I packed weren’t enough to fuel me sitting all day, and I started to get hungry. It also got rather chilly from the rain, so I grabbed a decaf coffee and big slice carrot pound cake.

I had super high hopes for this bread. I was also hungry enough that even if it tasted kinda bad, I would still love it.

It tasted like shiz. Play-Doh to be exact. You know the distinct smell that Play-Doh has? It was spot on. Blehhh. Despite the wretched taste, I ate about 1/3 of the bread because I kept wanting it to taste good and I was hangry.

Courts, all dried up!

We ended the day by watching two guys practice together. Here is Gilles Simon serving.

Then we came home and I went on a great Puffin-fueled run that I told you about earlier.

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My parents went back to watch more of the tournament tonight. They’re the super fans of the family that’s for sure.

Tell me: Is there a sport that you and your family enjoy watching and/or playing together? If you could meet any athlete, who would it be?

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