I was joined by my friend Manny (and his bad ass new Trek Madone roadbike) this morning for an early 20-mile route that started in Silver Lake, venturing up the Los Angeles River Bikeway and around Griffith Park to Forest Lawn Drive out to Olive in Burbank, then back along Riverside Drive to Victory and …
Eastsider L.A. has a post up considering the present loss and future restoration of the Echo Park Lake lotus. Showcased in the entry is an absolutely amazing picture of a lotus pad floating atop the reflecting waters while holding what looks to be someone’s spilled fruit punch. The unlikely combination of elements somehow combines to …
For those not keeping track of my ongoing bike riding mileage this year — which would be pretty much everyone but me — let me cut to the chase. April was disappointing. I had a trade show at the beginning of the month that kept me out of the saddle all the way until the …
With all the drama unfolding this week, I completely forgot to crow about an aspect of our home’s renovation that warms the very cockles of our hearts: our fancy-shmancy dual-zone central air/heating unit had its inaugural firing-up Wednesday afternoon. And for the first time when it was a little too chilly for my taste this …
Just a quick base touch to express my appreciation for all the kind words and advice that’s come in. Good news: I’m feeling 100% better physically. And even better: I’ve been bolstered emotionally by my daughter agreeing to get together Sunday with me for a chat.
As you probably know if you’ve been reading my writingz with any regularity across the eight — count-em: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 — years that I’ve been a-bloggin’, I’m pretty much an open book. For gooder or badder I have little issue with sharing the highs, the lows and I’m pretty …
I don’t even know… it may have only been a couple/three weeks ago, but it seems a lot longer since we converted the dining room into our bedroom to make way for the renovation work making its way down from the second floor. However long it’s been is about how long our cat Bink — …