Sat @ Jimi Bs w/ Buffalo Strange/Cope

Saturday afternoon turned out to be a good day, even though it started out a bit dismal with the rain. Dave and I headed down to Jimi Bs, http://www.beachcomberflorida.com/jimmy-bs-beach-bar.asp, to see our friends from Buffalo Strange, http://www.buffalostrange.com/, Rob, Juan, and Mike, who were playing with a few members of Cope, http://www.copemusic.net/index.htm, Dennis and Kenny. A lot of our friends showed up, Cam, Karen, Tara, Jill, Monica, Janis, and even a few from work made it down there too, Melissa and her husband Kevin. It was a goood afternoon of dancing and hanging out with friends, some that I hadn't seen since January when they had broken up temporarily. Hopefully, we'll see them playing together again soon.

Lightning Shutout Rangers, 3- 0

Sat night I went to see the Rangers, http://rangers.nhl.com/, vs. the Lightning, http://lightning.nhl.com/, for the final game of the 10-pack that I had for the season. The seats, as usual, were awesome. 2 rows behind the Rangers bench. It featured some spectacular goaltending with the Lightning's new goaltender, Mike Smith. It was an important game for the Rangers, as they are fighting for points to secure a spot in the playoffs. Unfortunately for the Rangers, the game didn't end up like they had hoped.

Grandma's 86th B-Day

On Saturday, we had a family get together over Uncle Frank and Aunt Nancy's house for Grandma's 86th birthday.

On the way, there the weather didn't agree with us a bit, as there were high winds on the skyway bridge preventing a lot of vehicles from going over it. Fortunately, I had an early start getting there and notifying everyone before getting to the toll booth, while in traffic.

I was the first to arrive with the birthday girl, Grandma, and Red arriving shortly afterwards.
It was myself, Grandma, Red, Mom, Dad, Uncle Frank, Aunt Nancy, Aunt Barbara, Uncle Donald, Barbara, Al, Joan, Lanni, and Sydney were there for the party. We had sausages on the grill and meatball subs for dinner with salad.

After we ate, it was time for the birthday cake and singing 'Happy Birthday to Grandma.' Lanni sat in Grandma's lap after she blew out the candles and we helped teach her how to put her fingers in the cake to get some of the icicng, which she really enjoyed after she got a tatste of it.

Tuesday, March 4, Penguins vs. Lightning - Penguins Win 2 - 0

This past Tuesday night I went to the St. Pete Times Forum to see the Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Tampa Bay Lightning with my friends, Tom and Jenna. Our seats were right between the Penguins and Lightning benches. The first period was some good back and forth action, but come the 2nd period, the physicality really picked up. We even had the opportunity to see a penalty shot, which you don't get a chance to see every game. Now that I think about, I believe it was the first one that I've seen live. The 3rd had the intensity really pick up as both teams were searching for the 1st goal of the game. Pittsburgh scored with about 4 minutes left in the game to take a 1-0 lead, then picked up an empty netter to finish off the Lightning.