by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 29, 2020 | Events, North Carolina
It was love at first sight. We bought Karen’s Honda CR-V new in 1996 at a Ft. Lauderdale dealership. It was the first year of Honda’s revolutionary “crossover” vehicle. The four-wheel drive wonder went with us from Florida to Chicago, back to...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Karen and I decided it’s time to sell our Ft. Lauderdale Condo. We Flew to south Florida January 17-23, 2020. We used the long weekend to visit friends and old haunts. On Tuesday, Karen went to work at Ally Invest and I started the preparations to ready our...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 20, 2019 | North Carolina, Travel
We left Thursday (12-12-19) to celebrate Karen’s 60th birthday in the Smokey Mountains. The clouds rolled in and threw down a wintery mix that didn’t faze us. We were prepared for the rain, snow and freezing cold temperatures. We cut back across the...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 1, 2019 | North Carolina, Travel
28 out of 30 NBA teams have their own minor league franchises in the NBA G-League (NBAGL). On Wednesday, November 27, 2019 Karen and I drove to Greensboro, NC to see her niece, Jenna Reneau, referee in the Coliseum Complex Fieldhouse. The game was the first in the...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Nov 27, 2019 | North Carolina, Travel
The tiny town of Monroe, NC is close to Charlotte and has three wineries. Somehow, we have overlooked this rural hamlet, but a cool and sunny Sunday in late November sounded like the perfect time to visit. We’ll have to go back to Monroe to visit that third...
