Archive for May, 2008

Starting The Engines
May 20, 2008

In order to make the perfect mimosa, one should mix three parts champagne and two parts orange juice in a champagne flute. This Sunday, if you’re like me, you’ll need about three of these at about 7:30 in the morning. Around Monte Carlo, Indianapolis and Charlotte, it’s all about speed this weekend.
 
When the Grand [...]

Big Day At Pimlico
May 19, 2008

Even though it acts as one of the more exciting moments of the year and still elicits goosebumps from the cavernous crowd on hand, Pimlico Race Course looks like a bowling alley every other day of the year. Visiting the track on an afternoon without any live racing at the track last week, you could count [...]

Seeing Stars
May 5, 2008

At a time when most people saw stars in their dreams on Sunday night, I was watching the Dallas Stars win an epic NHL playoff game over the San Jose Sharks that lasted four overtimes.
 
One of the absolute magical items that separates the NHL playoffs from any other postseason is the length of the [...]