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 …
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:
Freshly outfitted I took The Phoenix out for its first ride tonight. Met Manny at Berkeley and Silver Lake Boulevard and we did what’s becoming our regular out-and-back up the river to Griffith Park. Exiting the L.A. River Bikeway at Victory we turned left and crossed the 134 Freeway to Zoo Drive, where we made …
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 …
The Vine I aspire, To go higher.
Now that the RatCam has been retired I’m finding other faaaaaaascinating things around the backyard to catch video… all of which entirely by coincidence involve me including, chronologically: me reading in the hammock (with Ranger on the lookout for interruptions), me at the grill and me and my bay-bee dining with our good buddy Al …
I’ve been curious about a gangly tree shrub growing in the neighbor’s backyard next to the fence that separates the two properties since I moved in with Susan almost three years ago. Situated between the lowquat tree and a large cactus, each spring there appears at the ends of many of its spindly branches a …