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giving thanks
It’s been a great Thanksgiving.
Granted, the drive up here was hellish. Traffic in Maryland was very, very slow, and the flow didn’t really clear until after the Delaware toll plaza. From there, it was smooth sailing, though we’d lost a lot of time by then. We arrived in Connecticut after 3 am, [...]
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my long weekend, thus far
It’s been a lovely Labor Day weekend. The combination of no obligations and perfect weather has added up to good times.
Friday evening, sprite and I met up with a bunch of friends for the final installation of Jazz at the Sculpture Garden, down on the Mall. We had a lot of friends show [...]
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workout log: 4 august 2007
Activity: road cycling
Location: Monterey, VA > Frankklin, WV > Cherry Grove, WV > Hightown, VA > Monterey
Distance: 100.6 miles (very hilly)
Duration: 6:03
Weather: partly cloudy and very humid, 70-83 degrees
Avg HR: 140 (max 174)
Type: aerobic
The 2007 edition of the Mountain Mama Road Bike Challenge is in the books, and it was better than last year. [...]
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workout log: 22 july 2007
Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Rockville, MD > Dupont Circle
Distance: 33.6 miles (lightly hilly)
Duration: 2:22
Weather: partly cloudy to overcast, 80-82 degrees
Avg HR: 126 (max 153)
Type: aerobic
A wonderful ride in Rock Creek Park with two friends. The pace was slower than my usual, but it was a great tune-down ride from Saturday’s up-and-down hill [...]
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kitchen almost done!
I’m very close to having an accessible kitchen ready for mom - yes!
And one quick contrast between DC and SLC: SLC has much better independent coffee houses than the District. They are plentiful, hold their own against Starbucks (i.e. they aren’t run out of town by them), the prices are better, the quality of [...]
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trip report: part 6
I’ll try and wrap this up….
Day Six: February 20
Fat Tuesday in New Orleans is Fasching in Germany. And how did I start the morning? A little tired from the previous night’s outing, but not bad. I woke up relatively early, had breakfast, and went out with Doris and Bernd to see two [...]
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