I’ve come to realize some of my favorite atmospheres are places like cafes and bars, where I can be surrounded by the buzz of people but still do my own thing. It sounds like a contradictory dynamic, but for me it’s a respite from active interaction (I’m an introvert...

Kevin had tickets to what I can only describe as an immersive game experience, Escape the Auction House. I had no idea what to expect, but I knew it would be good when I walked into a velvet lined ballroom to find 25 red covered tables, on which identical...

One of the first things I installed on the scoot was a hose clamp, to go over the ineffective stock plastic hook to hold the rear rack in the down position. When scoot’s rear end started getting a bit bouncy, I knew it had finally rusted through. Nothing a...

As I’m progressing to more difficult routes at the climbing gym, I need all the help I can get. I know I’m in the moment when the F-bombs start dropping....

71 miles. Mike, waving enthusiastically, was easy to pick out from the forest of bikes in front of Alice’s Restaurant. Background story: I ran into him several months ago in Shady Valley, TN, and kept in touch though we were going separate ways. He was headed to the Arctic Circle on...

Found some energy for the parkour gym…and quickly expended it....

Carrie and I share the same literary agent, and met at the agency retreat in Connecticut last year. Super great to be in her backyard and catch her for some beer! We make awkward faces for food photos, because food is great. Also we shared disappointment that ‘yogalates’ doesn’t...

36 miles. Host dogs are super friendly all of a sudden…when I’m eating an apple. I ended up staying a night at Jim’s place. Took a lovely ride along Summit Road, which runs alongside the main drag, CA-17....

56 miles. Met up with Jim (hdawg on ADV) today! His younger daughter came along to meet me. At first I thought she was merely embodying the typical highschool sophomore aloofness, but it turns out she had just completed an 8 mile run and was hungry. Well now, I...

Sorry, only a tiny drawing today. The loveliness of the ride is impossible to capture. 127 miles, plus the 56 miles to aerials class and back. I took an exceptionally scenic route to San Jose, via the summit of Mount Diablo, Morgan Territory Regional Preserve (lonely single lane road!),...