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Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
On April 5th, 2009
In American Championship Car Racing, “Indy Car” is a descriptive name for a type of open wheel car that has participated in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. Originally, the machines were generally referred to as “Championship Cars,” or the more ambiguous term of “Big Cars.” Both terms were used to differentiate the machines from lower-level, similar-looking open-wheeled cars of the time such as sprints and midgets. However, as the result of the genre’s fundamental link to the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, many people started to use the Indy Car name in order to differentiate the Indianapolis-style open-wheel cars from other open-wheel cars, such as Formula One cars.
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The wearing of the green
On March 14th, 2009
Shame on me for not wearing green clothes for the Saint Patrick’s Day! And fortunately, nobody pinched me :)
So we went to our famous place - Ybor City - where people celebrated worthily this event, wearing green and costumes with big parades. Thanks to that, I’m wearing some green now and can expect some luck lol
Saint Patrick’s Day (Irish: Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially St. Paddy’s Day or simply Paddy’s Day, is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick (circa AD 385–461), the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on 17th of March.
The day is a national holiday of Ireland: it is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland and a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland. It is also a public holiday in Montserrat. In Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, Argentina and New Zealand, it is widely celebrated but is not an official holiday.
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Let’s go Lightning!!!
On March 3rd, 2009
We have some tickets for the NHL game tonight thanks to Transitions Optical, official sponsor of tonight’s game to promote their golf tournament in couple weeks: Transitions Championship.
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| Tampa Bay Lightning | vs. | Pittsburgh Penguins |
I was not expecting so much fun! When the hockey puck is behind the goal, players burst against the window so hard that the stadium sounds! And I don’t know exactly the rules but when they fight each other it is very impressive!
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Unfortunately, we lost 1 - 3…but still a great game :)
