Let's talk about High Definition Golf!

Notes to self:

Get new domain name for blog. Check
Figure out how to use domain name. Check
Get first post, um, posted. Check
Spread the word about our Virtual Golf Room in the CharityWorks Green House...well folks, here we go!

You might be wondering...how in the h-e-double hockey sticks does a girl whose idea of "spikes" means really wicked stilettos get involved with a Virtual Golf Room? Well, when I first heard about the CharityWorks Green House I just knew I wanted to participate in this fabulous project, and wanted to come up with a room that would not only promote the Green Ideals that Mark Turner of GreenSpur and Mark Lowham of West Group have envisioned, but also a room that proudly tells the world: you don't have to hug a tree to love the earth! Barry Dixon, our esteemed head of the CWGH Design Committee said it very eloquently...

"There is more to a green house than unbleached linen and drab, neutral color schemes. We want to show the public that there is such a thing as Luxurious Sustainable Living utilizing the best of eco-friendly materials, products and services to enable people to look at living green in a whole new way".

Or pretty much something to that effect. I can totally dig it. You can see why I was so enamored of this project (I mean, who doesn't LOVE Barry Dixon?) but it made me think of living green in a whole new way. Last year, as an anniversary gift to her husband, one of our favorite clients enlisted L&M Designs to create a "Virtual Golf Room" in the basement of her home. We jumped into the project and came out with one of our most creative installations to date: a perfect 19th hole complete with a mural of Augusta's Amen Corner and PGA Tour furnishings. That project inspired us to think about how installing a Virtual Golf Room in the Green House could actually be, ahem, green. Everyone is asking me "Lynni, how is the room going to be GREEN if it's full of electronics?" Well folks, I'll leave describing the technical aspects of that to one of my partners in this endeavor Rick Baron from S.W.A.T. in a later post, but basically this room can be summed up in one green little word:

STAYCATION!
Lynni's definition: a vacation where you stay at home!

Instead of firing up your private jet and heading to Scotland to play St. Andrews, do it all in the comfort of your own home without burning up all of those pesky fossil fuels that wreak HAVOC with our environment! (And no, for the record I do NOT have a private jet, but love to ride in them if you've got one handy!). Our Virtual Golf Room will enable the user to pick any number of the best golf courses in the world and play them from your own personal tee box. And all in (drumroll please....) HIGH DEFINITION! Which leads me to my big announcement of the day:

We are pleased to announce that we are
partnering with High Definition Golf out of
Canada for the CharityWorks Virtual Golf Room! Woo Hoo!

We explored every option when it comes to golf simulators, from all corners of the world, and determined that we wanted to showcase the very best product on the market. Bob Beecroft, VP of High Definition Golf is making this all happen, enabling all of you who come out and play at the CW Green House to experience a 12' wide and 9' high simulated course, so real that you feel like you can walk right onto the links. Picture your flat screen HDTV in your family room, and now imagine it on steroids. Yep folks, we're bringing you the very best product for the very best Decorator Showhouse in the country! Our installed system including installation is valued at (gulp!) around $150,000.00, and I can promise you that you've NEVER seen a system like this one that's being custom made just for L&M Designs. How awesome is that?

Still curious about our "staycation"? Well, just click on the link below to check out a video that will give you a glimpse of what High Definition Golf has in store for all of us once the Green House is open to the public. And this is just my first amazing announcement...keep following my blog as I keep the surprises coming in the coming months on "Lynni's Behind the Green Scenes" road to the Green House!

http://www.istgolf.com/


(PS, you'll spend an hour having fun with this link, so get cozy and get ready to come play some golf with me at the Green House!)

Please spread the word about the CW Green House via this little green blog, and be sure to click on "follow" on the right side of the page. All proceeds from the Green House go to Friendship Charter School in DC, and these children really need our help. It's power philanthropy at it's finest...check out the CharityWorks website below for the scoop, or to join us as a member and give something back to your community.

www.CharityWorksDC.org

Post you later!

xoxoxo,

Lynni Megginson