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on March 23, 2007 at 9:54 pm ×
Arriving just a bit before the scheduled first pitch meant a lot of game day traffic and a far away parking spot (we would have needed a shuttle bus just to get to the shuttle bus!) for the sold out contest between the hometown Phillies and the Atlanta Braves. Brett […]
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on March 23, 2007 at 8:08 pm ×
We couldn’t have asked for and received a better morning for hanging out on the beach. We relaxed Gulf-side before the Phillies v. Braves game today. More posts and pics coming later as I play catch up. We have been out all day! There are, what appears to be, complimentary […]
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on March 22, 2007 at 11:58 pm ×
A beautiful sunset is some of the best (and free) entertainment one can experience and we had the distinct pleasure of witnessing (and obsessively photographing) a stellar one tonight on Clearwater Beach. We stood shin deep in water, about 5 paces west of a cool little sand bar (our own […]
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on March 22, 2007 at 6:11 pm ×
Our hotel has a manager’s reception/happy hour from 5:30-7 each evening (M-Thurs). Tonight was a burger and hot dog cookout, poolside. Quite good. The smell of the grill alone was enough for me, but I indulged in one of each. After the Phillies game (kissing your sister – a Spring […]
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on March 22, 2007 at 3:24 pm ×
Man, it is hot! We arrived very early for the game, to get up close to the players while they were warming up and to grab a picnic table along the concourse. After 3hrs in the sun, we fled for the hotel pool (while the little one and her Mommy […]
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on March 22, 2007 at 8:23 am ×
We have arrived in Florida! We all hit the beach for a couple hours yesterday afternoon and man was the water cold! There is no way it was 70 degrees, but oddly enough you get used to it after a few minutes. I forgot the camera yesterday. We checked into […]
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on March 20, 2007 at 10:08 am ×
This trip south couldn’t have come at a better time. The weather is insane around here, with frigid temps and ice and snow covering the grass and the unfortunate flowers who thought the Springtime weather was here to stay. Poor little bulbs.Expect a lot of pictures of baseball and the […]
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on March 7, 2007 at 11:56 am ×
In a couple weeks, OWTK is heading down to sunny FLA! We will be soaking up the rays in Clearwater, the Spring Training home of the Philadelphia Phillies. We have tickets to see two home games at the beautiful Bright House Networks Field (seriously, the place is one of the […]