So here you are, Bolts fan, wishing you and a companion could go to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., and see the Chargers take on the New England Patriots at 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18. (I say companion because, if you\u2019re reading this with your buddy and your significant other, both can fantasize that you would take them instead of me to the game. What do you mean you wouldn\u2019t take me?\u00a0 It was my idea!) But then, you could also save yourself the trouble and take us all to RT\u2019s Longboard Grill at 1466 Garnet Ave. to trash talk with Patriots fans and enjoy the many drink specials inside or out on the outdoor veranda. RT\u2019s Longboard is a self-proclaimed “Patriots home” bar, “as well as a place where Charger fans have found a home to root for the Chargers,” according to general manager Johnny Leal. “It is a great place to watch Chargers football and a great place for those New England fans who now live in San Diego to cheer on the Patriots,” he said. RT\u2019s has plenty of open space to get loud, a nice, beachy atmosphere inside and plenty of TVs so as not to miss any of the action when you feel the need to talk a little smack to the table of Pats fans next to you. Of course, if you really want to do it the hard way and fly to Foxborough, I\u2019ve already created an itinerary for you! Here you go:\u00a0 You could fly out of San Diego on Saturday at 3:15 p.m. on American Airlines and land in Chicago at 9:05 p.m. on Saturday night. After a short layover, you depart Chicago at 10:20 p.m. and arrive in Boston at 1:25 a.m. Sunday.\u00a0 Easy peasy, right?! Get your rental car, drive to your hotel, the beautiful Westin Boston Waterfront for only $537 a night.Wicked! Unfortunately, when you arrive there at 3 a.m., you will need to sit in the lobby for a few hours because the beautiful Westin does not begin checking in guests until 11 a.m. After getting settled and napping (poorly due to excitement and the time change) you will then drive like a maniac for 25.8 miles to Foxborough and then pay an arm and a leg for parking.\u00a0 After securing a coveted parking space (sandwiched between two oversize SUVs and boxed in by the chain-link fence that lines the lot),\u00a0you discover that you flew all the way across the country to see your beloved Chargers while your travel agent (me) did not explain how you were going to get tickets to the actual game (stupid writer\/travel agent)!\u00a0 You are now left with the options of sitting in the parking lot, listening to the game on the car radio, or breaking the law and trying to scalp some tickets.\u00a0 After a few vain attempts to visualize plays as you sit in the car with the radio on, you opt to risk your clean record \u2026 and due to your stellar negotiating skills, you score a pair of obstructed view tickets for about $300 apiece (section 301, which is upper level corner\/end zone).\u00a0\u00a0 Relieved to have escaped the long arm of Johnny Law and happy about not having to rely on your pitiful imagination of the game, you flip the tickets over\u2026 face value $75. The game ends and you get back to the hotel at about 11 p.m. (accounting for an hour of back lot traffic exiting the stadium\u2026not accounting for a post-game celebratory cocktail).\u00a0 You\u2019re tired.\u00a0 You fall into a deep slumber by the time the door to your room closes behind you\u2026 only what is that god-awful buzzing sound?!\u00a0 Oh right, your alarm clock \u2026 you have to wake up at 3:30 a.m. to get your U.S. Airways flight back to San Diego, which leaves Boston at 5:30 a.m. and lands in Philadelphia at 6:51 a.m.\u00a0 You haul your cookies across the entire terminal because your connecting flight to San Diego leaves at 7:35 a.m.\u00a0 No problem\u2026 you\u2019re well rested \u2026 NOT!\u00a0 Still, you take comfort in the fact that you can get some sleep on the plane.\u00a0 Whoops! It\u2019s a daytime flight and you have a five-year-old boy kicking your chair and his mother is repeatedly scolding him for it (at least she\u2019s doing that much, right?).\u00a0 The child then begins to cry and so do you. You land in San Diego at 10:11 a.m. and contemplate not going into work today because your face is tearstained and you look like hell … and you smell like a wet dog \u2026 and you are pretty sure you couldn\u2019t differentiate between a client and a homicidal maniac right now and would most likely treat anyone you come into contact with as a hostile witness \u2026\u00a0 Then it hits you.\u00a0 You spent over $5,000 on this little excursion and you can\u2019t even afford to “rent” the spare room at your parents place\u2026 So, see? Wouldn\u2019t it just be so much easier to save yourself all that money and aggravation and just swing on down to the comfy, tropical setting at RT\u2019s Longboard Grill in Pacific Beach where Patriots fans and Chargers fans can co-exist in relative harmony? “It\u2019s the Gillette Stadium of San Diego” said customer Brian Bersett, a transplant from Boston.\u00a0 “It\u2019s like being at home without all the expenses.” Friend Alex Duarte is on the opposite side of the fence. “Patriots, whatever!,” said Duarte. ” I go there to watch Chargers football!” The third member of their party is a little more neutral. “Chargers? Patriots? I don\u2019t care, as long as I am with my friends on Sunday during the big game at RT\u2019s \u2014 the best place to watch football in PB,” said Jack Vecchio. Well, there you have it. Be sure to check out the Chargers\/Patriots matchup at 1:15 p.m. on Sept. 18 at RT\u2019s Longboard and experience the “Gillette Stadium West” for yourself. \u2014 Walter Ruskin is a member of the San Diego Community Newspaper Group\u2019s “Ugly News Team.” Watch for his new video links online at www.sdnews.com.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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