Living Like the Other Half

My "Staycation" has really been awesome. I am a bit sad to see it come to an end. To end the fabulous time off work, we went out to North Hamilton, MA to watch a match of Polo.
Seriously, I thought this was only played in Europe, but they have it in MA as well. When I found out, I just had to experience a game. They only play on Sundays, so after church, we headed up for the big event.

We knew this is not an event where people go in their cut off jeans and tank tops, so we dressed up a bit to fit in with the crowd. We didn't want to stand out too badly.
I love that finally, my cute husband is home, and we all got to hang out for the day.

All the "non-sponsor" spectators drive in their cars and set up picnic in front of their vehicle. We brought "upscale" foods to eat and felt very classy. We were so glad that Gloria and Stef could join us for this grand event. Gloria is sporting her Pretty Woman shirt, so awesome!

I learned a lot about Polo today; not hard to do when you know hardly anything. There are six Chukka in a game, each chukka is 7-71/2 minutes long. At half time, the crowd is responsible for "Treading-In." The crowd goes out to the field and replaces all the divots of turf. It was pretty fun, and as you can see below, I did a really great job. Berke loved running around the HUGE field that is 300 yards by 160 yards.

The tent above is where the people "with money" sit. They sit at a table with fresh flowers and drink wine, while wearing their popped collars.
It was a really cool experience and I am glad we got to experience it. It was nice to live like the other half for an afternoon; it is nice to play pretend as an adult as well, right?

I will leave you with a cute pictures of Berkeley as always; he looks the part in his nice polo shirt, doesn't he?