It’s getting down to the wire with the 2013 Errandonnée, so I put in two long rides this weekend that contained, oddly enough, errands! Saturday I got together with my friends, Chris, Jonathan, and Ed, to ride our bikes from Riley’s Lock out to Sugarloaf Mountain, with a rest stop in Dickerson at their small …
After my early morning run to Heller’s, my third day of acting errandonneuring involved some shopping and some dining. The first order of business was a post-work run up to Rodman’s in Friendship Heights to pick up a few missing pieces of sprite’s birthday present, as well as some provisions for a dinner and movie …
Another day, another errand – thus more errandonneuring! Today, February 14th, is sprite’s birthday! Hooray! So I wanted to give her a breakfast that would make the start of her day extra special. Given she wasn’t wowed by Zeke’s Donutz, I went for what I consider to be the standard-bearer in great donuts here in …
As I wrote in a post on my daily commute over at Brian’s excellent Tales From The Sharrows back in May of last year. However, as part of the Errandonnee, I’m logging a commute to work as one of the “to-do” tasks (actually, I’m logging the commute twice, using last night’s commute as one of …
Last week, Mary G. put up a fun and unique cycling challenge: the “errandonnee.” The basic premise: run your errands, riding your bike, and chronicle the adventure by filling out an “errandonnee card” and snapping pictures of your journey. The challenge started on Saturday, but I only got into the swing of it this week. …
I realize I’ve been remiss in summing up my 2012 in any meaningful way (happy new year, by the way!). It’s not that I’ve had nothing to say, but I just haven’t been in the right place (with a computer with a full keyboard – no offense, WordPress iOS app, but thumb typing posts is …
No matter what your tradition: Merry Christmas, Happy Saturnalia, a fun Festivus, joyous Chinese food and movie night… and to all a good night!
These days, it can be tough for me to keep and even keel. There’s a lot of stress in my life right now. The holiday season compounds it. So it makes me appreciate the positive things just a little bit more. And I try to bottle the positive stuff as it comes along, to have …
I’m totally baffled by the tempest in a teapot that’s being stirred up by the media over the so-called “fiscal cliff.” Fueled mostly by conservative pundits and Tea Party sycophants, and aided by a complacent media, it seems that the average U.S. taxpayer should be in a state of panic. The thing is: yes, taxes …
7:35pm Polls are closed in Virginia. Results from there are… forming. But I vote in DC. I arrived at my polling place at 7:02am ad found a queue of over 100 people waiting to cast ballots. And by 7:30am, I was done and out. Many ovals were filled with the standard golf pencil: Obama/Biden, Grosso, …
