Forget all the hackneyed puns about living in the fast lane and running the good race. When seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and his wife, Chandra, get time away from the speedway, the fetching young couple like to slow things down and enjoy life with their two angelic daughters, six-year-old Evie and three-year-old Lydia.
The West Village is heaven. The couple planted their flag in the West Village in , but when Chandra got pregnant with Lydia, in , they moved to a larger apartment in the same building. Sometimes, he fishes alone.
He and wife Rhonda have a fairly idyllic existence. He seldom leaves the Keys, weekly in the fall for his FOX studio show in Los Angeles, and other times if someone pays him to speak.
Courtesy of Jimmy Johnson Getty Images. Johnson sounded hopeful and defiant when I spoke to him Sunday night about his home of more than 20 years in the Keys, which had been battered for much of the day while he was in Los Angeles doing TV.
Tuesday: Johnson sounded beaten down when I spoke to him, still adjusting to the reports and the texted photos of his place. There was two feet of ocean sand in his pool with the Tiki bar on his property. His dock, shredded. His long driveway, covered with what appeared to be seaweed, tree residue and at least one power pole sheared somehow by the roof of his Tiki hut. Johnson was seeing the effects of the storm through the texted pictures.
I spent 30 years building up that property to exactly the way we wanted it, and to see it now, it hurts. He said it Sunday, and he repeated it Tuesday. Jimmy Buffett sang about it … Margaritaville.
The good life, with no stress. Now we do have some stress. Johnson is hoping to get back to see his place Wednesday and begin the process of rebuilding. As a lifetime Seahawks fan I find it hard to accept the officiating, although I will admit with our offensive line the Hawks would have still lost.
I also recognize that the Hawks have benefitted from some very poor calls over the years Fail Mary. However to kick out a guy [Seattle cornerback Jeremy Lane] for a phantom punch without even conferring with the other officials as well as the borderline at best block-in-the-back call is the poorest performance on one play that I have seen in a long time.
My question to you: Are these officials punished for their performance? Thanks for writing from Europe, Brad. Yes, the officials who miss calls in a game regardless of the magnitude get sanctioned by a lower grade for the game.
Those grades, collectively, determine playoff assignments and, if there are enough downgrades at the end the season, could get an official replaced after the season. The Lane ejection was ridiculous. The non-pass-interference call in the end zone on the mugged Jimmy Graham was another miss. There are times when officials want to let the players play, and I get that, and I mostly support that. But that non-call was egregious. Something to ponder regarding the drop in NFL ratings: While I believe it may be 'sexier' as well as possibly accurate to link it to labor relations, concussions, etc.
The hunt led him to a New York gallery, where he bought a Joel Shapiro sculpture, which now graces the foyer. If scribble marks accidentally wind up on one of the matching chairs—which they do—so what? My two grandmothers only pulled their silver out on special occasions, but our girls eat breakfast with it.
Jimmie is drawn to the sanctuary their home provides. They love to sing those big ballads. I love our moments hanging in there. Chandra agrees. Largely the domain of foragers, the biggest edible fruit in the South has mostly been forgotten. Even Kelly Fields whips up a box of Jiffy every once in a while.
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