The Month of June

It's never good when your blog title matches the one from the last post, only you change the month. Life got a little hectic towards the end of May for the Hasketts. Not in a bad way, but the frequent flyer miles picked up again for me (Will here). Balancing the full-time job with the part-time broadcasting is starting to become a chore, but that's a good thing. Having more broadcast opportunities is obviously the goal. For the second straight year, I got to experience calling both the women's and men's NCAA D1 golf championships. The women played at Caves Valley Golf Club just outside of Maryland, home of some beautiful terrain for a golf course...

It's amazing what 125K up front can get you!


Part of being on the road for this broadcast work that makes it really fun is having a bit more time to actually explore the city. My friend (and producer) John found this place called Matthew's pizza, and it didn't disappoint. The entire experience was a story. Remember the expression "on the other side of the tracks"? Well, we crossed to the other side about 5 times during this trip. When was the last time you saw an old theatre and the marquee said 'double feature porno show, twice daily?' That was a highlight. It was rough to say the least, but we survived and found the true neighborhood for Matthew's. The setup? It was like a diner, squeezed into a narrow strip of a city building. The murals on the wall were colorful and the place looked like it hadn't had a makeover since opening in the 1940's. It didn't matter, the pizza was flaky, gooey and delicious...







The next week, it was off to the men's championships in Toledo and the famous Inverness club. Drama was in full effect, including an amazing finish to the match play portion of the tournament. You can watch the drama of the last hole archived on ncaa.com (click on the multimedia link at the top of the page and search for M Golf)

In typical Will Haskett fashion, I got to play the top 50 golf course and managed to take only one picture, without me in it...

While my game is suited for long, wide open, modern courses, my favorite ones to play are these old fashioned layouts with small greens and so much character. It was truly a treat.

The weekend also marked the one-year anniversary of our famous Winthrop Ave. flood (check out the archives in this blog for details on that one). Mother Nature did everything in her power to stage an encore 365 days later. I drove back from Toledo (too fast, according to one state Trooper) watching the lightning show from my car, hoping I could get home quickly enough to help with any possible damage (Mandy would kill me if I missed flood #2). Well, we were fortunate, kept power and didn't get hit as hard as other areas. But, experts called it one of the biggest hail storms since spring of 2005, when my car got turned to Swiss cheese in Broad Ripple. If you don't believe that fact, check out this picture taken at 1:00 p.m. the next afternoon...


It was close to 80 degrees in full sun and the hail was still gathered in bunches on the golf course, a full 15 hours after falling. Don't bother aerating the greens, the hail took care of it.

Hopefully the worst of the spring storms are behind us. Mandy and I (who am I kidding, Mandy did all of it) just repainted the kitchen and I'm sure my lovely live-in interior designer will be posting pictures of our new kitchen soon. I like to kid with her, but she can't go 4 months without changing the color scheme of at least one room in our house. My next bet will be our bathroom. But, we got the big project out of the way. Time to enjoy a few weekends together, including a much-needed vacation to Wasatch. We'll be sure to create some envy with posts this month!