Batchelder Tile Update

Yeah, so I went off on a couple tile companies yesterday who were too slow for my taste in answering my inquiry about the Batchelder tiles I’d found. Felt good getting that off my chest. But did I give up the search for knowledge? Hell no!  I also traveled down one additional avenue yesterday and …

Hungr E. Coyote

If it’s Wednesday night that means I can usually be found biking up the L.A. River and through Griffith Park, the latter of which afforded me the opportunity to snap on the fly this skinny fellow, no doubt suffering a strict diet of practically nothing since the park’s devastating fires of  last month (click to …

Tile Rhymes With Awhile

Dear batcheldertiledotcom and missiontilewestdotcom, You’ll notice first off in the salutation of this letter that I haven’t linked to your respective websites. I did that on purpose because I’m perturbed at you both and ain’t no way I’m giving you any kind of recognition. I won’t go so far as to say you suck because …

Micheltorena Steps — 6:11 a.m.

Now that daybreak is coming early again, Susan and I have reinitiated our 1.3-mile dawn patrols these past two mornings, ascending the Music Box Steps and descending those from the Micheltorena ridge back down to Sunset Boulevard, like so:

And The Phoenix Shall Rise Again

Though I’d been hoping for a Thursday or Friday delivery, the Shimano UN54 bottom bracket and Suntour Cyclone 7000 160mm road crankset I ordered from Harris Cyclery to replace the ones I ordered from Nashbar whose failure contributed strongly to me crashing June 8 arrived early this afternoon and The Phoenix in a matter of …