by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Saturday was too blustery to go boating so Karen and I searched for fun things beginning with “B” at the South Florida Fair. This fair got its start as The Palm Beach County Fair in 1912 and moved around experiencing name changes until itĀ settledĀ at the...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
The annual KISS Country 99.9 FM Chili Cook-off was yesterday at the 300-acre CB Smith Park in Pembroke Pines. They opened the south parking entrance at 1:00am and the north parking entrance at 6:30am. The gates to get inside the concert area were set to open at...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Karen got a three-day work pass and decided we needed a mini vacation by boat. We reserved a slip in the Dinner Key Marina in Coconut Grove and headed south from Port Everglades on a sunny Saturday morning. The...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Karen and I ventured into Slackers Bar in Ft. Lauderdale on Sunday, 1-4-15, to watch The Pack play The Boys in the playoffs. Slackers is a cool bar we visit on occasion, but on game day it’s the top Cheesehead hangout in south Florida. The place was packed with...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
For all my friends now freezing to our north, I’m sending pictures from the beach last Sunday, 1-4-14. After 4 years at 10,000 feet in the Rockies and 12 long winters in Chicago, I’m not trying to rub it in, just sharing our warmth. So, take a few minutes...