This past weekend I went to my first baseball game of the season.
Before finding my seat, I made sure to first find the moose.
I have laser eyes, and I forgot to take my backpack off. Don’t stare into my eyes or I will steal your soul..and your cookie.
Nothing makes me feel more like a child than getting a photo with a sweaty mascot. I felt his sweat through the suit…gross. When I think baseball, I think hot dogs. I’ve never been a fan of hot dogs, but the vegan hot dogs made by Field Roast I DO happen to like! Lucky for me this baseball stadium sells them! I get to fit in with the crowd!
I was asked multiple times if I had vodka in my camelbak. Uh no..I have water, carrots, figs, and peanut butter and jellies..no vodka.
I like a lot of mustard…
I think I finished this hot dog in a matter of seconds. After watching the Mariners loose, my date and I headed into the heart of Seattle for the remainder of the day. The game was at 1:10PM, which meant we still had time to walk around afterwards!
I found some blue trees. I want blue trees in my backyard. Then I can dress up like an Avatar creature and do a dance around the swaying branches. I felt inclined to include the blue trees in this post. After walking it was time for dinner..shocker..I needed more food.
My hot date..she had no idea I was creeping her photo.
A whole loaf of bread, and a plate full of spaghetti and broccoli later I was ready to be rolled home. After my day of eats it’s no wonder my pants feel snug. If anyone has P90X that I can borrow it would be greatly appreciated, I need to build some muscle!
Eating my weight in carbs did give me the opportunity to run my fastest 5K to date the next morning. I’ll take it!
One day I’ll catch that road runner.
Q: Do you like going to sporting events? I do I doooo. I don’t watch sports on TV, but the atmosphere at live games are so much fun.
Blissfulbritt 
80 thoughts on “America’s Favorite Pastime”
allieksmith
How cool that your local stadium sells vegan hot dogs. That’s amazing.
I love going to sporting events! I end up “people watching” more than game watching, though haha.
Brittany
People watching wins everywhere I go. I only watched maybe 20 minutes of this game haha.
thoughtsappear
No vodka? What?
I like going to some games. But baseball moves pretty slowly. Half way through I’m done. Translation: After I’ve gotten my cotton candy and the sugar high has passed, I’m ready to go.
Erin
I’m not a baseball fan- love me some football! And that is so awesome they had vegan hot dogs!! And you look pretty like always in your pics (:
Brittany
You are too kind my friend, thank you. 🙂
ahellams
So silly question, but are those trees growing out of the ground blue or are they painted blue? They are awesome!!
Brittany
They were painted!! I am sure there is a way to make them grow blue though?? Science has come a long way hahaha. They were so cool looking!
Her Happy Balance
I love going to sporting events, even if the team loses, the atmosphere and fun food and beer is always a good time! Your pic with the sweaty mascot looks cute…too bad he was so hot and gross. Also your vegan hot dog totally fits in and looks like a normal one. I eat my hot dog the exact same way, lots of mustard and white onion, great minds 😉
Alex @ Brain, Body, Because
Vegan hotdogs at the stadium? The Pacific northwest is so rad!
Um…hate to be a hater, but I think baseball is SO BORING. zomg, kill me. It’s a bunch of dudes standing and then one guy runs for, like, a second.
Also, I once dressed up in a mascot suit (Clifford the Big Red Dog, ha!) and it was SO FUCKING HOT. I’m sorry to swear, but oh.my.gosh. I couldn’t believe how much I sweated. I don’t think I actually sweat through the suit though, holy moly!
Awesome run! A spaghetti-fueled victory!
Alex @ Brain, Body, Because
Also, do you have vodka in that camelback? 😉
jkjkjkjk I’m so obnoxious today, I’m sorry 😛
Brittany
HAHAHA you kill me. I can only imagine how hot these suits are..I would die. I don’t do well when I overheat hahaha. No no..I think baseball is boring too..I lasted maybe 20minutes watching the game and then moved onto people watching and walking around. That’s why I like the stadiums..haha so much to distract me.
Ok next time I am bringing vodka. One guy came so close to me I think he would have tried to drink out of MY mouthpiece!! BACK UP BRO I do NOT know you and NO I HAVE NO VODKA for you! Drunks…
Kim hoeltje
Grear job on the run. I would love to try P90X. All I ever do is cardio. I just dont enjoy any weigts but know I should do then sometimes. I like going to baseball games but am ashamed to say I have not been to one this year yet… Something about a big soft pretzel at the ball park 🙂
Hayley
I am the same way – I like going to sports games but not a big fan of watching on TV. Yawn fest. I also love hotdogs more than anything (although I’ve never tried a vegan one…) so baseball games are in particularly fun to go to.
GiGi Eats Celebrities
I GUESS I AM NOT AMERICAN BECAUSE I HATE BASEBALL….. It’s a 4 hours boring ass game where you sit in the hot sun. The men playing aren’t even hot, they’re all kinda chunky, eating peanuts and cracker jacks and chewing on tobacco. Raunch factor.
FOR A HALF A SECOND…. I THOUGHT YOU WERE EATING A REAL HOT DOG and I was like OH SH** SON… Britt cheats at sporting events!!! But really, with a pork hot dog, GROSS! I was actually relieved that it was vegan! LOL!
Did you catch a home run ball?!?!
Brittany
NO NO I am so with you..the men are not hot, I don’t consider baseball that great of a workout (I know some will argue, but they are ALL chunky!) and I get bored SO quick. I DO love going to games though, the people watching and beer garden suck me in! I don’t drink beer really though, so..I just watch the drunks hahaha.
NEVER would I cheat with a pork hot dog EWWWW!! I would cheat with something like milk chocolate poured all over a soccer player..THEY have hot bods. MMMMM. No homeballs for me.
GiGi Eats Celebrities
I would lick sugar off of Ryan Gosling… Or even Zac Efron. LOL!!!
sugarcoatedsheridan
Those blue trees had me thinking Avatar immediately too! lol…Those are awesome! I love just about any kind of sporting event and I love that the stadium sells vegan hot dogs! Amazing!
Those are just what you needed to enjoy your vodka with 🙂
Amanda @ .running with spoons.
While I don’t necessarily share your love of baseball (I’m Canadian… we’re hockey people), I’m a big fan of going to sporting games. There’s something so infectious about the energy of the crowd, and it’s hard not to get caught up in all of the excitement. Games on TV? No… but coming home without a voice after cheering on my boys? Definitely 😀
jessiebearwhat
Almost just spit out my coffee at your blue tree dream. Don’t we all just wish to dress up like avatar people and swing through the blue trees? hahahahahaha
Lisa Eirene (@LisaEirene)
Nice looking dog! Nothing better than outdoor sports and a good hotdog. 🙂
Megan
I love that stadiums sell vegan dogs now, so kind!! I saw those blue trees when I was in Seattle!! They were so fun! Nothing like that in DC. I enjoy live sporting events but baseball is hit or miss for me. I think I’d rather watch soccer or something more fast paced.
Brittany
Agreed, I would choose to watch soccer hands down over any other sport!!
spectacuLAUR
I love going to Football games the most! I can sit through Baseball games but I’m definitely a Football lover! Mascots scare me sometimes but this one is so cute! I love the fact more places are getting vegetarian/vegan options! We’re taking over the world!!! Okay, maybe not.
Mustard is so good, especially grainy mustard. Mustard eating avatar!
EverdayLivingPNW
Go M’s. Such a fun event to attend…have you been to any sounders matchs?
Brittany
I have only been to one!! SAD!! I went a few years ago, but it was so much fun. I would MUCH rather go watch the Sounders. I need to make that happen.
EverdayLivingPNW
Totally you should!! So much fun!
megbek
You are so adorable I’m so happy you found me so I could, in turn, find you! 🙂 I like sporting games a lot!
Shut. Up. Are you living in Seattle?
That’s where I’m from. I have big SEATTLE tattoo on my stomach (really flattering, no?). OMG! I’m in love. Great 5K time!! 🙂 I’m so happy to have found you!! LOL!
Brittany
AH! I live across the water from Seattle so just a ferry ride away!! If you ever come visit home we should get lunch!! Or run..OR BOTH! HAHA!
megbek
OMG i am going to do the seattle marathon in december so YES. I’m from Mercer Island…. 🙂 🙂 Not a ferry ride, but I have taken many of those.
Taryn
I love sporting events.. and baseball games are, hands down, my favorite!
Funny story.. I actually had to dress up as Minnie Mouse for a wedding I worked a couple years ago. It was an indoor wedding, in an air-conditioned hotel, and I was still a sweaty mess when I got out of the costume. Not fun at all.
Lucy @ Lucy On The Lookout
Love the blue trees – I would totally dance round them like an avatar too 😉 I hate watching sports on TV too (err, booooring!) but love watching it live – I loved going to watch the rugby & boat races in England (where there are plenty of kick ass hot dogs too!)… Sounds like a great day out… love the wrist tattoo too 🙂
kepotts
Baseball hotdogs are the best kind, with TONS of mustard of course 🙂 And I love going to baseball games…the others I can take or leave!
sincerelylily
THIS LOOKS LIKE SO MUCH FUN!!! I love ball park hotdogs. They are the best. I’m glad that they offered vegan ones for your little body (you are tiny in all your pictures!). You are brave to walk around with your backpack…. I generally take mine off and then forget it whenever I have one. Fail.
I want to frolic in the park with blue trees. Live sport events are the bestttttttt….. when you visit, we should watch Pirate play hockey with his fellow gray-hair/bald teammates. It is a lot of fun but brutal. Blood. Punches. Pirate yelling.
Brittany
Bahaha I NEVER take it off, this way I will never forget it. YES to the hockey game..I LOVE HOCKEY!! The team in Washington plays like 2 hours away, so I never go..but I LOVe hockey games. More than baseball for sure. We will make a killer pancake breakfast, and then watch Pirate and his men get bloody!
cleaneatingveggiegirl
How AWESOME that they sell Field Roast at that ballpark!! I am seriously jealous!!
Khushboo Thadani (@KhushbooThadani)
I’m so impressed the stadium sold VEGAN hot dogs..wow! I’m not a big sports person at all buuuut I love watching the games live- even if I have no idea what’s going on in the game, the atmosphere is so fun to be a part of 🙂
Nice going on the 5K run, Lil Miss Speedy!
Luv What You Do
I love sporting events! Football is my fave, but I get to some baseball, basketball, and hockey games too. That’s awesome that your stadium has veggie dogs. The food options are pretty limited here in Chicago!
Amalia
That’s so awesome that there are vegan hot dogs at your stadium! Also, I love mascots too. I even wanted to be ours at college for a game but then I got in the suit and it was sweaty and hot and I decided not to. There was also a mascot bowling ball at Italian Day the other day.. and it was awesome.
I digress… I’m glad you had such a good day and congrats on the fast 5km!
Amy @ A Desert Girl
There are some blue trees (painted, not naturally blue) in my town too!! So weird looking. I hope it doesn’t hurt the trees. And that they feel pretty in blue.
Love live sporting events, though I admit I do usually people watch more than game watch.
Angela @ Health's Angel
Vegan hot dogs? Awesome. The East needs to get WITH IT. Everything’s so unhealthy at sporting events pretty much. Although the Consol Energy Center (where our hockey team plays) has sushi!
Heather
That is soooo much mustard! How do you even taste the yummy hot dog?! I love going to sporting events, but only like to watch them on TV if its at a “party” and there is food, haha
pnwrunner
Wait, I had no clue Safeco has vegan options?! Maybe I just haven’t looked. Next time I will keep my eyes pealed! I went to the opening game and it was crazy busy!!
Brittany
Yes!! They have had them since at least last year because I got one last year too..the cart is sort of tucked into the back corner..it’s right by the main shishkaberry, dingleberry..whatever the chocolate covered strawberries are called. Not the smaller shiskaberry cart, but the actual main one that doesn’t move!
pnwrunner
Oh perfect! Now I know where to find it. Thanks!!
Choc Chip Uru
Haha you make sports sound like so much fun, albeit the only one I will go to is a solid rugby match 😀
Also I see you have a fabulous tattoo on your hot dog holding wrist! How much did it hurt because I am planning to get one when I turn 18 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Brittany
In all honesty the wrist tattoo wasn’t that bad! I have one other tattoo on my ankle/top of my foot and that one was a little more painful, but still tolerable. If you are thinking about getting one on your wrist, you should be just fine!
pjsassifras
I cannot stand baseball on TV but I will go to a live baseball game any day of the week. Major, minor, little league i don’t care. There is just an energy that I love at a baseball game. I also love hockey. I was able to sit on the glass right next to my team’s bench the last time I went. It was awesome!
foods for the soul
I’m a HUGE baseball fan!! I haven’t been to the Mariner’s stadium in years, but I remember it having some of the best food I’ve tried at MLB stadiums. So I’m not too surprised they have vegan dogs! (And I’d use just as much mustard as you, especially if it’s spicy or Dijon — they’re my favorite!)
And, uhh… I’m not too sorry Seattle lost. See, I kind of need them (and everyone else) in the AL West to keep losing so my A’s can win the division again! 😉
Colin DeWaay
I love baseball! In fact I even still play in my own league, although I’m starting to think this might be my last season. Looks like you had a lot of fun!
Alex @ therunwithin
I watch baseball solely for the social factor, but hey it works!
Tessa @ Amazing Asset
What a lovely day, and how cool they had vegan hotdogs there! Proves that veganism is being readily accepted into our society, and it’s about time!
I do like sporting events, though some more than others. Baseball I go to chat with people, and experience the ambiance… and yes watch the game a bit 😉 But hockey I like to watch, same with lacrosse, both so intense!
Melissa @ Mouthwatering Morsel
yay vegan hot dogs! they knew you were coming!! and seriously … not everyone needs alcohol to have fun!
jessielovestorun
Stadium hot dogs are the best! While Joshua and I are visiting the states in September we have plans to go to a phillies game. I may or may not of made scheduled and bought tickets to a game thats giving away free hot dogs that night 🙂
Brittany
You are one smart girl! I would have done the same thing. The games when they give away free stuff win hands down over “regular” games.
Change of Pace
Wow- great to run your fastest 5k on a run by yourself!
I love, love, love watching sports live! Sadly, I don’t think we’ll catch any baseball or football games this year. That’s amazing Seattle has vegan hotdogs in their ballpark; it says a lot about the city!
Jan @ Sprouts n Squats
That hotdog looked delicious I would have inhaled it too! My boyfriend and I actually went to the soccer here last night, it was mayhem there were so many passionate fans it was fun though 🙂
Well done on the 5k time, see lots of carbs was completely justified 😉
An Unrefined Vegan
Love that first photo – it is SO summer! I like to go to one game a year and then I remember that I really don’t like to go at all; too hot, too boring, too darn long, waaaay too many people. But it’s kind of like the yearly health exam, you know? Required.
Meredith
looks like such a fun day! While I don’t really enjoy watching baseball or hockey or football on tv, I love going to those sporting events because I love how you can feel the energy in the stadium/arena. Plus you’re right, baseball games have things that bring me right back to my childhood. I think it’s the mascots, smell of peanuts and popcorn, and the fresh air! Congrats on your 5k, I love the purple!
Alex (Veggin' Out in the Kitchen)
Oh my gosh, vegan hotdogs at a baseball game?! How cool is that! It’s been far too since I’ve been to a baseball game. I’m not a huge baseball fan, but I love the experience. 🙂 And now I want to go just to see if they sell vegan hotdogs!
It looks you had a wonderful day! And yay for the 5k! Go carbs 😉
Ja @Ja on the RUN
That’s what I thought too – “AVATAR” the moment I saw your pic of blue trees before I even read your next paragraph. That’s super cool! 🙂
I love watching sports live. The last time I went to a baseball game was a long time ago. I love the atmosphere. 🙂 And I will look for vegan hotdogs the next time I go. 🙂
kathy @ vodka and soda
i’ll probably get bashed for this but sporting events bore me 😦
i went to a baseball game once and was so bored during the third inning…until i found out they served beer! then it got fun LOL
Katherine
I LOVE baseball! My brother has played since he was 2, so I’ve been to hundreds of professional and amateur games! I love all the food, family, fun, and atmosphere!
Britta
Oh mannnnn!!! ahhhh, I absolutely love love love baseball. LIVE baseball that is. And thats because of the atmosphere, food, crowds, etc. So many great memories at Safeco, amazing that they have vegan hot dogs! hahah I find it hilarious that you were asked what was in your camelbak…sometimes people ask me (while I’m in running gear) walking down the street if I have a lighter.. all I wanna say is “Do I look like someone who has a lighter?! COME ONNNN”
Brittany
RIGHT!? HAHA. It doesn’t happen often, but I’ve been asked for cigarettes and I’m like WTF NO..I’ve never smoked one back upppp!
missymiller
I like sporting events if there is alcohol involved. (0:
I lOVE those blue trees. I want a rainbow yard.
Corrie Anne
Love going to baseball games!! I can’t believe they asked you if you had vodka lol
Nicole @ FruitnFitness
I love watching basketball an horse events! I’m not a big baseball fan on tv but I might enjoy it I I was actually at the game. That’s cool they offer vegan hotdogs there. I just at an entire bag of popcorn Indiana chips, no wonder my pants are also getting too tight! Oh well, they were good!
Rach @ This Italian Family
Ooooh fun! Baseball isn’t my favorite in general, but I do enjoy going to the games just for the experience. I’ve wondered about vegan hot dogs. Good to know that there are some good options! 🙂
We have a place here called The Spaghetti Warehouse and it is amazing! Your Old Spaghetti Factory reminded me of that. 🙂
noshingonasphalt
Dancing around blue avatar trees? I die! Also, I would love to be your neighbor.
Life After Swimming
Vegan hot dogs…thats awesome!!! Nice 5k pace… way to carbo load 🙂
Mary
When I went to America the first thing on my list was to go to a baseball game! I never got a picture of me with a sweaty mascot though. 😦 Well done on the new super speedy 5K! 🙂
kaityscooking
ughhh every stadium i hear sells vegan hotdogs but yankee stadium, wtf ny get on it im hungry. I always creep and take pics of my friends lol I have to take pics like that too everytime. I still go each time and you type in your name and it pops up above the fake locker that looks like the players lockers, hahah wow im sooo cool. Nice 5k time too!
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets
You crack me up Ms Avatar Vodka Lady. I do like going to live sporting events although I rarely pay any attention to the actual game going on. Oops.
Tell me more about these vegan hot dogs…are they like the real thing? If I have a hotdog craving, will they satisfy it?
Brittany
So here is the deal with these hotdogs. They are great, the only problem is that I CANNOT FIND THEM ANYWHERE! I buy their specialty “sausage” like products..but NEVER see the hotdog kind. I do prefer the Apple Sage “sausage” more, but STILL!!! SO with that said, if you want to try this YES they are worth it, but I hope you can find it!!
Here’s what they are.. http://www.fieldroast.com/products/retail/frankfurter/
Tanya
Like you I MUCH prefer to GO to games. TV doesn’t do it for me…unless it is the Olympics or if any of my beloved Boston teams are in the championship game!
Sika
Oh, I would like to have blue trees in my backyard too 🙂
Allie
I’m with ya–TV sports don’t hold my interest for even five minutes, but live is just plain fun! And oh my gosh, I love your mustard-to-hot dog ratio. THAT is how hot dogs are meant to be enjoyed ;D
P
Vegan hot dogs served at a baseball stadium?! Lucky you ;)! I would watch a baseball game if I could buy a vegan hot dog in the stands!
And those trees are seriously awesome! Are you sure you didn’t use any Photoshop skills ;)?
Patty
I’m so surprised they serve vegan hot dogs! That’s awesome!
I love watching sports, but only in person. That whole tv thing makes it lose its appeal 🙂
Have an awesome weekend britt!
itsthecookiemonster
omg how long has it been since the last time i read your blog?!?!?! looks like you’ve been up to some really delicious adventures!
i loveee going to sporting events, but sporting events on tv are a tad boring