Zip's 2000 Tailgate Party!
Last Updated 10/15/00  

Slow Start! For the first time in eons I will miss Patriot Games.  I will make the preseason home games but the first home regualr season games will take place without me.  Guide Dog training hauls me reluctantly away and so things will be different this season - at the start.  As such the 'competition' I run will be scaled back to accomodate my absence.

I'm BACK - and the Pats are undefeated since I've been home for the full day of their games!   Updates to resumed here immediately.  Be aware the complete loss of my vision will impact my seeing you - and the timely manner of putting photos on this page - for now.   So until I get someone to help me sort through photos - this page is likely to be blank!

Each week I make the most of the Patriots Game Experience. Attending each home game with a different guest we challenge ourselves to make the most of the experience. Over a decade of experience in attending games has cultivated this into a fine art. We feast resplendently, we play with fervor and most of all we attempt to make the entire day a great experience for ourselves and those around us. On this page you will find the Weekly Highlights and a Tribute to those fine friends who make the experience so rich for me and a few generally entertaining tidbits.

Directions to Join Us!

This Weeks Game Stadium Page
Map w/ Zipseats!
Standings
  General Tailgate Details     Cheerleader of the 'week'     'Contest' Rules 

Pics O' the 'Week'

Awaiting the start of Festivities


Directions to Our Tailgate Haven!

First and foremost let's give you the clear overview:  I park directly across Route 1 from the ProShop.  If you leave the Pro-Shop parking lot, a crosswalk takes you to the path that leads directly to my tailgate (the right fork is now closed, the left fork brings you right next to me).  You can see a picture of that path just below.

Back to the driving/parking approach:   Assuming that you are getting to the Stadium by Route 1, there are simply two choices:   Route 1 Heading North or Route 1 Heading South.  I recomend heading South (from 95) as I have pictures to make it clear but both are quite possible.

Heading North on Route 1: The last lot on your left before you pass the Stadium.   The "Beantown Sports Souvenir" store and sign should be your clue.   Enter the lot and head to the far back right as per below!

Heading South on Route 1:  You will pass the first entrance to the stadium and should get into the right lane.  You will proceed up the hill past Rodman Ford and actually pass the stadium.  You may notice the path on your right which is directly across from the ProShop parking enterance (this path is the route we walk to the game and the best access on foot to my tailgate - when the path forks take the right fork! I'll be almost directly ahead - slightly to the right as the path emerges to this secluded section of the parking lot!

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Ok - just after you pass that path and the stadium you will take your next right - the following two pictures should provide reasonable landmarks for you. 

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So after having gotten yourself into that lot from the ever closer pictures above - you now need to turn right at the back of the lot and proceed way up to the top of the hill in the right most corner of the lot.  This is the corner closest to the road and furthest from the entrance.  It is right here that the path goes directly to the stadium and provides easy enter and exit.  It's a quiet little corner until we arrive and spruce it up.  You'll notice that my tailgate can be distinguished by the white Canapy, the Patriots Flag and most significantly the Patriots Pendants strung to a nearby pole or tree.  The Tedy Brusch jersey should also be a clue.  Note the picture of the lot properly marked and then a picture of the tailgate set up from the final '98 preseason game in which we made the day for many a fine child that got a chance to join us before hard core tailgate parties resumed.  Remember - folks are always welcome to join us and a quick yell of "Zip" should get you a response.  Feel free to send me an email telling me you'll be joining us but stop by either way!

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We park just to the right of the mark above.
Sale of the lot moved us up a bit from last year!

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A motley crew of pleased youths - I AM young!

 


Zip's Tailgate

What is Zip's Tailgate?
Each and every home game, I have the fortune of joining/entreating a different friend (yeah Everyone's your friend when YOU have the Pats tix!) to accompany me for the journey. This long standing tradition has become somewhat of a competition to make our trip together the best experience possible. Although the emphasis is completely on our enjoyment, there is a rating system that I use to score the day and use this for determining who picks their game first on the following year. I also use this to determine who accompanies me to the home playoff games.

I almost always park in the same location and as we do place such significant emphasis on fun and enjoyment, I hope to encourage many of you to join me at least once throughout the season to fully appreciate Patriots Game Day entertainment! We park directly across Route 1 from the Stadium and Pro-Shop, in the lot behind the Souvenier stand. In the far back right corner of that lot atop the hill. You'll see my Pats Banner and Pendants flying. Stop by and say hello!

Joining me as Foxboro Faithful are:

August 20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jose
August 24 Carolina Panthers Bill
October 8 Indianapolis Colts Bino
October 15 NY Jets Web
November 5 Buffalo Bills Coach
November 19 Cincinnati Bengals John
December 4 Kansas City Chiefs Jack
December 24 Miami Dolphins Donna

 

This Week's Game

Awaiting the festivities

Season's Game Highlights

P1 Bucs P2 Panthers S3 Colts S4 Jets S5 Bills S6 Bengals S7Chiefs S8 Dolphins

 

See the section just above entitled 'This Week's Game?' Each time a new week usurps the previous week, I'll place the previous week highlights down here for archiving!   More of a single photo sampling of the past games...if you want to catch the full splendor then you must visit after each game~!

 


Season Standings:

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