I’m all packed up to head to Iowa City for Jingle Cross. All year, I’ve been looking forward to this weekend — the closest really big race and a chance to line up with a bunch of women in a sport I’ve really come to love. Well, I won’t be lining up. A crash in … Continue reading »
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Weekend in Chicago
Last weekend, I went to Chicago. This is the view from Nate’s rooftop. Pretty great, especially after nine hours of driving. After a late-night party in Pilsen, Nate & I rode to breakfast at Lula in Logan Square. It was incredible. Having my own bike along made the long drive well worth it. On Saturday … Continue reading »
Tri-State Century
Melissa & I headed to the northeast corner of the state to do some camping and biking over the weekend. We staked out a really nice camping spot at Ponca State Park Saturday night. Setting up tents together and leaning our bikes up near them felt like BRAN — but with far superior camping. At … Continue reading »
Poets in Denver
After helping Becca move to Ft. Collins, I headed down to Denver to visit Jules & Mathias and D’Count in their new home. This is their dog park. Not satisfied to be so close to the mountains without venturing up a bit, Jules & I headed up into Rocky Mountain National Park this morning before … Continue reading »
One of the better ones
The trope of photographing oneself every day for a year (or two, or more) and turning it into a stop-motion video is pretty well worn at this point, but the effect is doubtless still cool. This video, however, is by far the most visually interesting of them that I’ve seen. The Longest Way 1.0 – … Continue reading »
Niobrara Trip
Late Night Greens
Whilst prepping & packing for Colorado (4:30 AM departure from Lincoln with Ms. Reddy to meet Ms. Hepburn in Ft. Collins), I made some killer garlic scape pesto with scapes from my neighbor Rich’s yard. I used pistachios as the nut of choice, and pecorino romano & parmesan to cheese it up. Bread from Le … Continue reading »
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this was the important news i caught while on my ski trip. home now, time to catch up.
From DC to NYC
I left DC yesterday evening, spoiling myself a little with an Amtrak ticket instead of taking the bus. Good decision, especially since I got to spend a little time in Union Station. When we passed through Baltimore, I looked for Omar and Snoop on the dark streets full of vacants. No dice. I got to … Continue reading »
Flying to DC
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