For those of you who don't live near Miami or just couldn't make it to the Draft Day Party, I thought I'd clue you with as many details as I can remember.
I must say it was absolutely paradise for about 5 hours. There were about 4000 people, almost all Dolfans, at Don Shula's Steak House in Miami Lakes. It was about 85 degrees and an absolutely beautiful day. This was in a really nice part of Miami and located in a corporate developed community with stores, restaurants, bars, condos, movie theaters, etc all blended together. It was a stunning place. There were many activities outside in the very large courtyard area. Dolfans everywhere, the absolutely gorgeous Dolphin Cheerleaders were everywhere just walking around in mini, I mean very miniskirts (it was hard to concentrate on football). Many activities for the young kids and booths everywhere.
Andy Cohen from Dolphin Digest was there and for $1 you could buy the Digest and other Dolphin material (great bargains)! I met AJ, Infinsible, NaboCane, Outawhack, and a few other FinHeaveners at Shulas also. They had a lot of draft contests and everywhere you went you could hear the draft coverage and 790AM, the new Dolphins radio station.
Inside Shula's, I stood next to Jimmy Cefalo, who was broadcasting the draft live immediately to my right. He was totally thrilled with the Ronnie Brown pick and all the fans there, including me, were also ecstatic when Ronnie Brown's name was mentioned.
To my left was Yeremiah Bell, Donnie Spragan, Randy McMichael, Marty Booker, David Bowens, Matt Turk, and Stockar McDougle. Yeremiah Bell looks absolutely cut...Marty Booker looks almost freakish with huge hands and long arms. I was really surprised at Stockar McDougle. He is big of course, but he looked in great shape, definetly not the fat slob we keep hearing about. Makes me a little more optimistic about the line this year. McMichael also looked to be in great shape (last year at this time he was reportedly out of shape).
My son (motioncityhifi) and I walked away with free FinHeaven bumper stickers and AJ brought 70 FinHeaven T-shirts to give away.....we missed out on those, but it was a big day in general for FinHeaven. ESPN 790 played many 30 second FinHeaven commercials that could be heard all over South Florida. Not bad!
In summary, a great day to be a Dolfan. The Draft Party was a huge success and we all felt the Draft this year was the best in recent memory. Wish you all could be there, but since you couldn't...hopefully this report will help you feel like you were there.
I must say it was absolutely paradise for about 5 hours. There were about 4000 people, almost all Dolfans, at Don Shula's Steak House in Miami Lakes. It was about 85 degrees and an absolutely beautiful day. This was in a really nice part of Miami and located in a corporate developed community with stores, restaurants, bars, condos, movie theaters, etc all blended together. It was a stunning place. There were many activities outside in the very large courtyard area. Dolfans everywhere, the absolutely gorgeous Dolphin Cheerleaders were everywhere just walking around in mini, I mean very miniskirts (it was hard to concentrate on football). Many activities for the young kids and booths everywhere.
Andy Cohen from Dolphin Digest was there and for $1 you could buy the Digest and other Dolphin material (great bargains)! I met AJ, Infinsible, NaboCane, Outawhack, and a few other FinHeaveners at Shulas also. They had a lot of draft contests and everywhere you went you could hear the draft coverage and 790AM, the new Dolphins radio station.
Inside Shula's, I stood next to Jimmy Cefalo, who was broadcasting the draft live immediately to my right. He was totally thrilled with the Ronnie Brown pick and all the fans there, including me, were also ecstatic when Ronnie Brown's name was mentioned.
To my left was Yeremiah Bell, Donnie Spragan, Randy McMichael, Marty Booker, David Bowens, Matt Turk, and Stockar McDougle. Yeremiah Bell looks absolutely cut...Marty Booker looks almost freakish with huge hands and long arms. I was really surprised at Stockar McDougle. He is big of course, but he looked in great shape, definetly not the fat slob we keep hearing about. Makes me a little more optimistic about the line this year. McMichael also looked to be in great shape (last year at this time he was reportedly out of shape).
My son (motioncityhifi) and I walked away with free FinHeaven bumper stickers and AJ brought 70 FinHeaven T-shirts to give away.....we missed out on those, but it was a big day in general for FinHeaven. ESPN 790 played many 30 second FinHeaven commercials that could be heard all over South Florida. Not bad!
In summary, a great day to be a Dolfan. The Draft Party was a huge success and we all felt the Draft this year was the best in recent memory. Wish you all could be there, but since you couldn't...hopefully this report will help you feel like you were there.