The trophy for Esposito's Annual Bocce fest is a conch shell. I signed it the first year, when I won the inaugrual event, and last year Greg White got the honors. Whoever wins the conch has to take it with them for the year, so that they can display it to their cohorts and let people absorb the luxury. Unfortunately, Greg isn't going to be able to ( Read more... )

Okay, so...Esposito's Annual Independence Day Bocce Tournament and Beer Consumption Dealie is shaping up to be a pretty major affair. The entry fee is $25 per person, beer included. Most likely that fee will also include some nifty grill style food particles. The accumulated ca$h goes into a pot for a ca$h prize for 1st thru third places in the ( Read more... )

HUGE NEWS JUST IN!
Eric "the ladies love" Esposito will once again be hosting the his Annual Independence Day Bocce Tournament and Music Absorbtion Session. This year, the tourney takes a step up as he has brought in 500lbs of sand to create a court surface that will favor accurate throws due to the ball "sticking" it's landing rather than rolling. ( Read more... )

Unfortunately, I didn't get any shots of the heavy bocce action that happened at Piedmont Park saturday. I did end up officiating for a while in a game that was not ours...glad to see some other folks throwing the palino in the park! Some folks from our squad were gonna go challenge the other group to a game, but it never ended up happening. Other ( Read more... )

My buddy Eric
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final driving stats:
Total Mileage  -                   1472
Mileage for final leg -           370
Total driving time-              26hr 01min
Overall AVG speed -          42.4mph

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I bailed on doing both of the planned caches on this final leg, and on going back to get the proper info off the one coin I had written the wrong number down for ( Read more... )

The road trip is off to an EXCELLENT start. Departed about 20mins ahead of schedule, and I was three for three on my 1st leg caches.
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She Would Never Say N34 15.409 W083 27.973
A super easy gaurdrail magnetized micro near the -Outlet Mall- in Commerce Ga

I-85 Travel Bug Bed + Breakfast N34 42.705 W082 29.793
This one was at at gigantic ( Read more... )

Beer, as a rule, is usually a very important part of the bocce ritual. Today,
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bocce today
its on!
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Tournament flyer from west coast bocce folks:

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