Dan Marino | Ft. Lauderdale Photographer

Another Gridiron Grill-Off team today; the unmistakable football phenom, Miami Dolphin Legend, #13 Dan Marino and restaurateur Anthony Bruno, of Anthony’s Runway 84 and Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza (my favorite!!!!!) fame.  They are pairing up for the November 18 Grill-Off.  The last couple of weeks have been really interesting for me as I have had the opportunity to meet and talk with some of the greatest football players to have ever played the sport.  Truth be told, I’ve never been a huge football fan, but being a native Floridian growing up in Miami, I have an appreciation for the Miami Dolphins.  And no one is a more quintessential Dolphin, in my lifetime, than quarterback #13 Dan Marino.  So it was very very cool, to be able to sit down in a very intimate environment and be able to ask him questions about the game and his career.  I know grown men who would cut off limbs to be given that same opportunity.  In fact, I’ve been privy to some really wild and amazing football stories over the last month or so.  It’s given me a whole new appreciation for the game and what these players have experienced over the last 40 years.  I even watched the Dolphin game last night.  Sadly they lost, but I watched it, and I felt good about that.

Dan guaranteed me that if he touched my belly that my baby would be born knowing how to throw a football.  I wonder if I can get that in writing?

For more information on the 2011 Gridiron Grill-Off check out the website.  It’s going to be an amazing time.  I’m really looking forward to it.

Till next time,

courtney

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