by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
My good friend Todd Snatchmeyer once gushed so enthusiastically about seeing Tony Bennett live that I was convinced Tony was something special. Frank Sinatra said George Jones was, “the second best-singer in the world.” Frank did not think he was the...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Feb 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Since the first sailors ventured off land they have all been superstitious. Changing the name of a boat is tantamount to disaster if proper procedures are not rigorously followed. Appeasing the ancient gods of the winds and seas must be accomplished for the renamed...
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 it settled 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...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
If you stayed up way longer than normal to properly welcome 2015 to planet earth, congratulations and I hope your day is filled with easy tasks and rest. Be good to yourself and may this year be your best ever!
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jan 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Karen and I threw a Murder Mystery Party on New Year’s eve to bring a bit of intrigue into the last moments of 2014. We enjoyed hosting the same group that joined us last year. After the best acting/player award was given to Keith Logan for his part as Papa...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Dec 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Wishing all my friends the happiest of holidays and a most wonderful New Year. The forecast for south Florida is a possible record high of 86 degrees on Christmas Day. That will go perfect with Christmas lights in the palm trees and boating. I am thankful to live in...
