Glen Brammell Journal

Authored by Raymond Whitney

Okay, so I’m not from Queens. In fact, I’m not even from New York, in the traditional sense. I live upstate. Weird, I know. Sometimes I ask myself why. But I try to avoid that question.

Anyway it’s the holiday season in New York and that only means one thing: basketball. More to the point, New York Knicks fans have already recieved the gift they’ve asking for for years – - – hope. The Knicks are on a seven game winning streak.. But there is, I suppose, one more gift to be asked from friends, family, strangers, really anyone in proximity.

Tickets.

Madison Square Garden is the best venue in the world. Granted I’m biased, but nothing matches the energy of the Garden. Oh how I have longed for the days when I could wear my apparell at the garden with pride. I remember when I was a kid, living in, you guessed in Queens (Forest Hills). My father and I would leave early, he’d set the home security alarm (Adt security online offer) and say something truly touching like, “you can never be too careful in this god forsaken town.” Then we’d run to our local bakery, he’d have coffee and I’d scarf down a black and white cookie. “Maybe Santa will give us a win,” he’d say.

In the world of sports, there are a few people who make it big. They are able to set records that will last for many years to come. One person who was able to do this is Brett Favre. He has set the record for the most consecutive games played in the NFL. The problem is that the streak will end this week due to injury.

Brett was able to start in 297 consecutive games. That’s over 19 seasons. He first appeared on the field in 1992 against the Pittsburg Steelers and has played every week until now. Unfortunately, he will be sidelined this week due to a shoulder injury. I applaud Brett and the accomplishments he made. Way to go Brett!

I guess by now everybody knows that I work for a large company. I really like it as we do many charitable activities. One thing that we do is to support a local football team. I enjoy being a part of this as the kids have so much fun. This year, we decided to take a look at the clubhouse that is near the home field. The kids use it to change before and after the games. We wanted to fix it up as it was getting a little ratty looking.

We did a lot of work to the clubhouse and had it painted and made many general repairs. Someone came up with the idea that installing Gym Lockers would be a good thing. We all agreed with the idea and I was put in charge of purchasing the needed Lockers. I went to the internet to find out more information.

After some searching around, I came across a site called morelockers.com. They had a good selection of products to choose from. I saw that they had a Locker for sale that would be perfect for what we needed. I showed what I intended to buy to everyone and they all agreed the product was good and the price was right. I can hardly wait to see the faces of the kids!

The work that I do requires that I do a lot of traveling. Since our main office is in Virginia and our next biggest office is in North Carolina, I do a lot of traveling between the two. I often have to meet clients and keep them entertained when we are done with our meetings. One great way I’ve found to do this is to take them golfing. There are many courses in the Myrtle Beach area.

It’s really worked out well so far. The only problem I had was ensuring that I would be able to secure the tee times I needed. That problem was solved for me when a friend of mine told me about a site called www.48hourteetimes.com. It is on this site that I am able to determine what times are available on which courses. This makes it easy to make plans on short notice.

I have met many clients and had good results with this tactic. I take them golfing and keep them entertained. It often works out that I end up with their business and that looks good with the big bosses upstairs. It’s all thanks to the ability to get 48 hour tee times. The other bonus is that I get to play quite a few rounds of golf and I have no problem with that!

Every now and then it’s good when you can combine two of your favorite things into one. I recently had the chance to do just that when I got to travel and play golf. My family and I had decided it was time for a vacation and we all agreed that a Myrtle Beach hotel was where we wanted to go. We all like the area and the beach is always enticing to us.

In order to ensure that our trip would go smoothly, I decided to find out all the information I could about our destination. I found a site called http://www.grandeshores.com that provided the info I was looking for. It was there that I found out about the Myrtle Beach vacation deals that were available. It was easy to see why the place is so popular. There are so many things to see and do.

My wife likes the fact that she can lay on the beach and work on her tan. Sometimes she catches up on her reading or listens to the radio. The kids love getting in the sand and playing games with all the other kids there. As for myself, I can be found on one of the many golf courses that are in the surrounding area. All in all, the whole family has fun and I am glad to know that we can always come back next year.