Speak Easy December 7, 2008
Last night my friends and I celebrated the anniversary of the end of Prohibition with a Speak Easy party. You weren’t allowed to enter the party without the secret pass phrase. Good times.
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31st Birthday Part II October 1, 2008
These photos are from the 2nd half of the day. Enter at your own risk.
Two of my bestest peeps
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Birthday Extravaganza September 11, 2008
We started with wine tasting on our bikes. We stopped at Kristin & Eric’s for a Tecate and to bond with the turtles. We barbecued at el patio. We made it to McCarthy’s. It was an awesome celebration with my Cali peeps. Notice the party favors, orange beer koozies, I had made special for the party!
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Mustache Riders May 30, 2008
My friends and I, the Mustache Riders, won the bike commute challenge in SLO for the month of May! We took the most trips on our bikes. I rode my bike 140 miles this month for 101 trips. Our team of 10 rode a total of 1888 miles for 1512 trips saving 0.79 tons of co2. It was fun to drive my car as little as possible. I’m going to try to continue. My favorite part of it was noticing things on my bike I wouldn’t have noticed in my car, like the smell of freshly cut grass, sunsets, and all of the friends who saw me and waved hi who wouldn’t have noticed me in my car.
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How I Gained 10 Lbs @ Wildflower May 4, 2008
I “competed” in Wildflower Triathlon today as relay team #8135, aka Xanadu, with Shaba swimming a mile, I biked 24 miles, and Meghan running 6 miles. We did the shorter olympic distance but the long distance was twice as long. Yes, that’s right, we did the least amount of physical activity of anyone competing in the event by doing the olympic distance with a relay team. The people who won the long distance completed all 3 courses in like 4 hours and the olympic distance in 2 hours. It took me 2 hours just to finish the 24 mile bike course! Well 1:51 and 32 seconds to be exact. Talk about being fit! My friends completed the whole courses by themselves and kicked ass too. Jesse completed the olympic distance in 2:42 and Garrett in 2:28 and I am still waiting to hear about Johdan who I am sure killed the longer distance on Saturday. It was crazy to see so many people, of all ages, pushing their bodies to the absolute limit and the people just spectating and cheering were awesome. Our friend Hawk puts on an energizer bunny suit at the top of what’s known as “the nasty grade” to keep people going. Lots of naked bodies and silly screaming people to help pump you up. It made me want to get my old cheerleading uniform out. The triathlon actually started as a blues music festival so it still has the festival atmosphere, there were live bands playing all day, tons of people camping who weren’t competing, and lots of vendors, beer, and food booths. Another friend of ours hooked us up with special guest passes and we got in to special places and ate free catered food all weekend. We were totally spoiled. So, instead of eating typical camper fare I overate delicious catered food. Since our relay team didn’t race until Sunday I ate food and drank tecate all weekend. Instead of overexerting myself like most of the athletes and getting extra fit, I feel like I gained 10 pounds! Ha.
All in all it was a fantastic weekend. I hope that I am kicking ass like the 72 year old dude I saw on his bike when I’m older.
Click here to see the rest of my photos from the weekend. Click here to see me in action during the race.
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Organic Farm Box May 2, 2008
I recently signed up to receive a weekly box of veggies from the Calpoly Organic Farm. Thankfully I am sharing this weekly box of goodies with a friend or I would be wasting a whole lot of veggies. It’s a really awesome deal though. It costs about $20/week for one box, and sharing it we are only paying $10/week for so much yummy food it seems like I’m cheating or stealing or something. I have been forced to try new veggies that I would have run from at the grocery store and all in the name of supporting local agriculture. It’s a beautiful thing. Really.
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Housewarming Party April 14, 2008
I had a wine and cheese housewarming party last weekend! Good times indeed. I think we fit as many people as my little apartment could handle.
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