Barefoot in the Park with Sergio Garcia

    It’s all here in black and white. 

    ”What is your blog about?” asks Kevin DePaulis, Adidas sales representative.

   “The Green Diamond that is Berks County,” we say. “All the wonderful people to meet, places to go and things to do.”

    DePaulis has just the thing for staying on the greens and fairways:  The Adidas Tour 360 3.0, with wraparound. NOT A SHOE: nice and neat and ooomphy.  Its best features are:

   1 A thin sole for more “feel.” 

   2 Wraparound instep for increased stability.

    We wanted to touch it but there was no one here saying “Touch it!” 

      The chassis of the Tour 360 3.0 has a more slender outsole and midsole. We notice the spikes are like little clear flowers that twist off. 

    “If you could put spikes in your feet, that would be the best way to play,” says DePaulis. “That would get you closest to the ground and give you traction.”

Kevin DePaulis and Adidas Tour 360 3.0

   This makes us wonder what a barefoot golf tournament would look like. We think about Sergio Garcia.  DePaulis mentions the Ashworth clothing line and Fred Couples and we think about Fred.

   We wish we could try a spiky slipper on for size, but our Prince Charming is elsewhere, maybe picking up ceramics or looking for lost poetry and Mr. DePaulis appears to have spoken for someone. There are range rules after all.

   “How many visits per day do you get on your blog?” asks DePaulis.

   “Less than ten,” we say. “We’re just practicing.”

   Want to go pro? This 360 number will spike your sales. Start with one shoe, then when you have that down, get another.

  1 Continue to take lessons.

   2 Wear the shoe that fits.

http://www.adidasgolf.com/equipment/Men/Footwear/TOUR360.html

Sundae Driver

 

Zachary Bowers at Sittler Golf

We like Zach.  Talk about energy efficient. Look at this form. He operates at just the right amount of tension, the kind you’d want on the thread of a sewing machine, not too lax and not too taut. 

He was a demonstrating driver for the trunk show and was in near constant, continual motion. Off to the next task.

He is scheduled for Friday morning 8:10 tee time (Tee 1)  at the Berkshire Country Club for the Berks County Golfing Association 2009 Amateur Tournament (July 31 -August 2.)

We have this idea the only pictures Zach would stop for are a trophy presentation and a wedding.

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Sweet Sittler Golf Spot

demo sign

 

  First the hot dogs, then the ice cream cone, now this! sign caught our eye. Having made a mental note to visit, we are here for demo and show.

   Location: Kutztown Pennsylvania. Location: Route 222 near Topton. Location: Sittler Golf Center.

   Outside the box: A driving range and miniature golf course with an elephant and a giraffe. The box: The Pro Shoppe of PGA Professional Rick Kline and his wife, Patty Kline, General Manager. Open all year round. 

   Inside the box: heavy duty. Like the top of the TaylorMade SelectFit line.

   Who can resist the painted handmade wood cutouts?  The hot dogs flanked one lettered sign close to the ground. When we looked up, there it was, another one nice and tall:

SIgn at Sittler's Golf

     A wild safari will be just what the doctor ordered soon enough. Today we talk TaylorMade and get a gander at what’s in the trunk.

   Before we meet our makers, the golf range is one of the top 100 golf ranges in the United States and the pro shop ranks in the top 20 by  the Golf Range Association of America. The cone looks good enough to eat. Sweet.

Sweet Sittler Golf Spot

Thank you! Sittler Golf and the Klines! Thank you Kevin Mike and Zach.

Hall of Fame, Inspected By

Curt Schilling. Hall of Fame debate. Bloody sock. Four felled trees. Frosted goose rose at dawn. Mate on the path, guarding. Glittery fringe. Heron in the tip of the  toppled tree tops near the middle of the creek. Two runners, one other walker. Arby’s coupon FREE (with fries and drink, regular price) at the parking lot. Lost or left behind: litttle girl’s pink bow barrette. A black string with knot in one end and undone from of knot in other, a kink. Heron on the near side, in the water, almond shaped. Grey. Orange bill. Punk rock look: smooth grey feathers in its body; spiky lighter grey ones jutting out neatly, natural coiffure. Skunk near the auxiliary entrance. Twenty-four degrees. Hammerhead tear strip: Consume 1-2 servings per hour as needed. Inspected by number two. Twenty four: two dozen.

Smooth Nylon Shrimp

Good morning, little suction cups! The website Pink Tentacle brings to our attention the fascinating world of Smooth Nylon Shrimp: part nature, part sci-fi/SFX,  part new rock band name. Visit today for an interesting oceanic experience! Hold on to your seats!

 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/10/shrimp-defense-glowing-blue-spit-cloud-video/

Earth to Johnny Damon

   The buffleheads are back; unless they are mergansers. These clean lined white ducks, black from the neck up. When they fly they have a funny flutter. Note: make in the field comparison with Peterson field guide.

   Since Saturday, intact on path: one small blue conversation heart that has no visible message or writing anymore, the result of dew or a factory error what do they call those, factory seconds or irregulars – hearts with no comment.

   The two herons I saw today were both standing stretched tall, to full length in grey.  Had they had pinstripes they might have been Yankees.

   My thoughts were leaning toward the A-Rod side of the news and a preview of tasks to complete when Running Ruth came toward me with her Walkman.   

   “Nobody saw nuthin’, ” she said. “I’m just a little bit happy.”

    Are those lyrics or lyrical comments?

   ”Earth to Johnny Damon,” Will said.

Circular Reasoning

Men of October

    

Philadelphia: pole-placed sign

World Series put off 7:(, election less than a week away. Boys of summer, signs of autumn, things in windows, at the door. Ghosts and guises.  

Obama sign, homemade

The displays of partisanship and sportsfandom. Cheer.  

Glitter Go Phillies

   The celebration of the season, the punctuation of the month – to let us know we’re alive.  

Adult Go Phils

Of naivete and adulthood, of knowing and not knowing, how any of it turns out,

Gourds on sill. Phils.

we put on our best,

 

 hope for the best,

work for the best, live and love for the best.  

 

The Great Pumpkin Bale-out

The Fisher King: kingfisher

Chattering kingfisher, bolt of blue on cable across creek. Ack Ack.

Feng Shui: Ten day, one day. Blue is key. A jogger wearing pewter powderblue shorts and a knee brace on right leg. Can’t be Tiger in these woods, his is right! The haunted knee.
ESPN Radio

First Heron: Long and Tall, (L&T henceforth) in the water.

Heron and triangular rock.  Delta. Three rings on 719: route number. Heron wading near bridge. Turn round

black hexagon. Encounter walking bicyclist: binocular sporting, wood duck spotter.

Candelario in blue State tee. Says I’m late. Alice, see through the looking glass! A minus.

Most people are wearing blue: flannel shirt, sweatshirt, tee, shorts. A couple: Right hand man in blue jacket, red shirt, not a freshman; she in blue chambray top with jeans. Her hair is red. 

Spot circles drawn in the screenings: one, two…thirteen in all, some small. Some three feet in diameter. Sweet. The winners’ circles. Sport of Kings.