Steven Skelley

Delray Beach Open Is a Tennis Lover’s Dream Come True There is only one place in the U.S.A. where tennis fans can catch a glimpse of some of the biggest young guns of today and some of the most successful pros of yesterday. The Delray Beach Open in sunny Delray Beach, Fla. offers the amazing combination of an ATP World Tour event and an ATP Champion’s event in an action-filled 10 day span. This is truly a tennis lover’s dream come true. The ATP World Tour event features some of the best, young, up and coming players competing today as well as some of the most succesful players in both singles and doubles. This isn’t the same game you may remember from years gone by. Pro tennis today is all about power and those who can control it. It is not unusual to see these young players crushing serves at over 140 mph. American John Isner and Croatian Ivo Karlovic have recorded serves at over 150 mph. Australian Sam Groth has set the world record with a serve tracked on radar at an a

Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant 50th Anniversary Tour By Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong Sunny Harbor Publishing When we told people we were invited to the opening concert of the Arlo Guthrie Alice’s Restaurant 50th Anniversary Tour, we received an interesting variety of responses. There was, “Who is Arlo Guthrie?” And, “Didn’t he have a song in the 1960’s or something?” And, “Arlo Guthrie! I love his music.” But our favorite was, “Oh my God! I had such a crush on him when I was a teenager!” For those who may not know or who may have forgotten Arlo Guthrie is – possibly because of certain substances you may or may not have sampled in the 1960’s at Woodstock or elsewhere – Guthrie is a 1960’s singer/songwriter and the son of folk music legend Woody Guthrie. Arlo Guthrie had a hit record with his smooth rendition of “City of New Orleans” but his iconic musical masterpiece is the 18 minute long “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree.” “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” is