This past weekend we had the pleasure of visiting New York for a few short days to celebrate our sister in-law Heather's graduation from City College. She not only received her Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture, but was the recipient of the award for "Best Thesis." We loved being able to see family in New York and enjoy the "Big Apple" city life. Thanks to our local tour guides we ate extremely well at all classic local places. It was nice to relax and enjoy a great meal and some time to celebrate. During our time there we were able to find some time to visit a few of the sights, some of the highlights included the view from our Hotel of "Ground Zero," our visit to Central Park, Times Square, Brooklyn and The Gershwin Theater to see Wicked. The play incidentally was absolutely outstanding and we were so glad we were able to see it in such a fun p
lace. In fact, Rosie was so crazy about it that she has concluded that we will have to visit several more time so that we can see Sam and Heather again along with more Broadway shows. It was a short trip but just enough to give you a well deserved break from the everyday routine.
As many of you know my rugby career has unfortunately come to an end. In an effort to still enjoy my guy time and keep my testosterone levels high I decided to purchase a bowling ball and join a bowling league with my buddies. I came to the conclusion that you only buy one bowling ball in a life time so it is in my best interest to make it worth while. After coming to this conclusion I immediately began to search the internet far and wide to find "MY Ball." During the course of my search I joined Ebay due to my infatuation with a clear bowling ball that had a boxing glove in it and an etched signature of Sugar Ray Leonard on the outside. It was love at first sight and I was convinced it was meant to be. After carefully orchestrating a plan to win the ball with the help of two true Ebay masters my dad (Who will probably go down in Ebay archives as a legend, he's that good) and an associate at work I was convinced the ball was mine! I did as I was told and waited until 5 seconds was left to submit my max bid thinking I had won the prize...my heart was pounding and I was sure the ball was mine...however as the screen refreshed it informed me that I was not the highest bidder because my competition had set a higher max bid and won. I was indeed disappointed and so I continued my search with a heavy heart not only because I had fallen in love with the ball, but I had also lost my first Ebay bid ever! I though it was impossible to find another ball that could replace the boxing glove ball but much to my surpise I stumbled across a tiger striped ball that reminded me of something out of the 80's. For those of you who don't know I am a huge 80's fan and decided it was meant to be! I used my same strategy as before and ended up walking away as believe it or not...the only bidder and the winner of the "Tiger Striped Bowling Ball. " Since my purchase I have had the ball custom drilled and engraved with "Jimmy." I have taken her out for a prowl twice now and loved every second of it! The league or our excuse for guys night out does not start until mid September so fortunate for me I have some time to perfect my skills of crushing pins until then!
