Olympic Fun

Last night we had the opportunity to watch the Opening Ceremonies for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

I've seen a few Olympic openings in my day, but I have to say that this year was the most spectacular I've ever seen.

The event started with 2008 Chinese drummers completely synchronized.  If you didn't know they were that in sync, you'd have thought it was trick photography!

The whole ceremony was spectacular.  The Chinese really went all out, and the amount of choreography and things that went into the program.....WOW is probably the best description!

If you didn't catch it live, I'd definitely recommend going to NBCOlympics.com and watching the replay on the Internet!

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4th of July WOW!

Each year for the last 10 or 12 years, the city of Altamonte Springs, with help from local radio station XL 106.7 puts on a 4th of July spectacular known as Red Hot & Boom at the downtown Crane's Roost Park. The radio station gets quite a few bands and music artists, and the city gets enough fireworks to last 30 minutes.

Crane's Roost Park

This year, in honor of Todd T's 30th birthday, Jeff and his roommate Ryan decided to have a party at their place, which is the penthouse overlooking Crane's Roost Park. Okay, maybe the timing and location had more to do with it than Todd's birthday, but it was a good added bonus.

So, this year, we got about the best view of fireworks you can get, from the 12th floor! Sure, our ears are still ringing a little bit, and we had to do a fair bit of walking (but found be best parking place!)