PRESIDENTS DAY PORTRAITS

President’s Day (2-16-15) was cool, cloudy and the yellow warning flags were posted on the lifeguard towers. Not ideal for lazing on the beach as we had planned. Still, a decent day to sit in the sun and sip beach drinks.          ...

FRIDAY NIGHT VALENTINE’S WARM-UP

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...
Chariot renamed LyonsRoar

Chariot renamed LyonsRoar

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...
SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR

SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR

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...

CHILI COOK-OFF

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...