DC's Tweed Ride... the correct flyer!

DC's First Tweed Ride... next Sunday
November 15th, 2009

Fatmarc at Tacchino Ciclocross Today

http://fatmarc.blogspot.com/

my body is sore...

my body is sore...

it was a tough day on a rough course at Tacchino Ciclocross

it is arrogant of me to think I should do better at cyclocross when I do not commit as much to the sport as other people do
there has not been enough time on the bike
not enough time working on cardio
not enough time working on technique

if only cyclocross practice were as easy as blogging

I gave it what I had
it may not have been much
whatever it was... it is out there on the course

a few photos from Tacchino Ciclocross today...

I have never been to Hooters.

it is true...
I have never been to Hooters

perhaps it is because the urbanite in me thinks he is above it
or maybe it is where I am from... where I grew up
Hooters is not even Rockville... it is Gathersburg or Germantown... and well... I am from Bethesda... Bethesda is above Hooters
I feel I am above Hooters

above the quality of the food
above the notion of a woman hired to be sexually harassed
yet I totally understand the business model
in fact I subscribe to the formula

while in Catonsville for a few days for some classes I stayed at an old college buddy's house rather than do that long commute from DC to Baltimore for these three days
Lisa handled the kids and the dog alone while I attended these training sessions for work
one of the nights after a quick zip on the cyclocross bike around the fields by Rockburn we decided to go to Ellicott City for dinner
the Ellicott Mills Brewing Company was our top choice

I had not been to the Ellicott Mills Brewing Company but I liked the looks of the place
the menu was nice... a little more pricey than a pub... yet quite appealing
in the end we would learn that the quality of the food merited the cost as well did the setting

the atmosphere or should I say ambiance danced well with the "nice restaurant" prices

while having a wonderful meal and some tasty beers we had the pleasure of being serviced
OH NO! not like that... neither of us were serviced
oh my... not serviced at all... we were both served... or table was served by
we were served by a very attractive woman... very pleasant woman who was pleasing to the eye

as we waited for our first beer we reviewed the menu
after deciding what I was going to order I smiled as I saw some of the other waiter options
we scored on the wait staff eye candy
thinking back I should have drank my water faster so that she was forced to make more trips back to our table
another beer would have worked... but I had a six pack of Natty Boh that cost less than one of these fancy brew pub beers

there was no great connection
there was not even any real exchange
yet I enjoyed having her as our wait staff when our order was taken and when our drinks were served
oh... yes... I could not help myself... I had to ask a question or two
I did ask what she was for Halloween... hearing that she was a Police Officer
oh man... woman and the Halloween costumes of the modern day
I did not ask her about her costume... but I could imagine... in fact I did imagine
knowing that she had handcuffs was enough

I thought about hosts and hostesses
then waiters and waiters
the thought that we want them to be a certain type of package
to carry a certain persona

how we like our wait staff to be attractive... attractive... witty... interesting... and efficient!

then I thought about tip
in a very Larry David sort of way Snoopy and I discussed the discomfort to the tip
how the tip should just be included... how the whole 15 or twenty percent thing can be so awkward
we agreed that is was just too subjective
subjective and unfair to both sides

poor service seldom gets a poor tip
for some reason that has slipped from the accepted measure of the equation

enough on this... I hear my wife downstairs walking in the door with a some pizza from Vace
maybe next chance I get I will go to Hooters

www.ellicottmillsbrewing.com
www.hooters.com
Hooters Hall of Fame!

that police officer pictured here not a good representation of your waitstaff
she was a brunette and had a less obvious yet still obvious appeal

Fredneck Alley Cat Tomorrow!

Fredneck Alley Cat! TOMORROW November 7th
stole this from Kelso
http://annakelso.blogspot.com/

Homeless Bikes...

Homeless Bikes
http://homelessbikes.blogspot.com/

the legend of Homeless BIkes on ESPN
http://espn.go.com

the NEED FOR TWEED!

THE NEED FOR TWEED... DC's First Tweed Ride!
http://cyclejerk.blogspot.com
(thanks for sharing!)

presented by: http://dandiesandquaintrelles.blogspot.com

RIDE WITH GEORGE!

GRIPPED FILMS PRESENTS...

Ride with George

at the Arlington Cinema and Draft House
December 10th!

more info here
www.grippedstore.com

starting to get colder... you can see the clothing change with the seasons

no that is not Yehuda Moon

www.yehudamoon.com

I do not have the energy to investigate the arguement...

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this is good... start the conversation
a thread in a local forum brought up by a person in Columbia Heights that was buzzed by a bicyclist
http://groups.yahoo.com


everyone has their right to space
I was not there
so often I am safe distance from a pedestrian and they get spooked and immediately feel that I have buzzed them or cramped their space

I do not "buzz the tower"
well... not if I can avoid it
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chainless bike... looks uncomfortable

www.techeblog.com

who knows... I never know what is posted and what is sitting on the SD Card

the stop sign... the bicycle... and san francisco

in the NY TIMES
www.nytimes.com

funny... this thing about the bicyclist running the stop sign
cars roll through the stop signs and put people at risk
bicycles roll through the stop sign... and well... it makes people angry
but seldom do they put anyone at risk
if done correctly... they should roll through safely themselves

control the car chaos
make the streets safe for bicyclists and pedestrians
then enforce laws for them as well
until then
except that pedestrians and cyclists are putting themselves where they are most safe

in the case of the pedestrian...
if the pedestrian is not safe crossing in the crosswalk
then there should be no penalty for crossing mid block

as with the cyclist...
they are riding where they are most safe
when the laws protect the cyclists
then the laws will apply to the cyclist
until then accept the chaos

I have some fun memories of riding racing Scotty up Conn Ave from Dupont to Chevy Chase Circle

I was bummed no one snapped me taking these logs... my pace was slower... but my pace is always slower than the fast guys

great facial expressions!

BIKE PARKING SURVEY!

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BIKE PARKING SURVEY
http://securethebike.wordpress.com/

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Eamon Clifford in Play House

How did this slip under the radar?

Eamon Clifford in PLAY HOUSE
on youtube

watch this trailer filmed in Mount Pleasant Washington DC
watch it three times... and you will want to see the entire film

is there an entire film?
where can I see it?
how can I see it?

is the whole film as good as the trailer?

JEFF SCHALK WINS AGAIN!

JEFF SCHALK WINS AGAIN!
congrats to Anna and Jeff!

words and images on
http://annakelso.blogspot.com/

snapped a shot of him in virtually same spot a few weeks back...

strange... I thought I could find it
I wonder if it made the page

he was waving at me while pointing to me snapping the shot from a low angle

mr smith.

BIKE THE STRIKE

BIKE THE STRIKE
www.philebrity.com

Tar on the ground in between take offs...

what makes the page... what makes the page twice?

nice sky... nice thigh

arley ripping it up at the Ed Sanders Memorial Cyclocross Race earlier this season

I could go for coffee right now...

my son grant told me that cheering for him does not help him

it is all very curious...
I am not certain if what children say they feel and what they truely feel are the same thing


At DCCX during the Lil Belgian's race I stepped aside from my role as organizer and I cheered for my boys till my throat grew hoarse
I cheered with great enthusiasim as I snapped some photographs
when they finished my throat was raw

it is true... I also cheered for many friends and racers making strong effort
so... my throat was hoarse from an assortment of yelling
not just from yelling at my kids
but I most definitely yelled at my kids

on Grant's first lap in the Lil Belgians U6 Category Grant looked me in the eye and said something to the effect that my cheering does not help to make him go faster
or maybe that it does not help him to ride faster
either way I cheered
I could not contain myself

then when Dean was racing... without my guidance Grant joined in on the meet the cross racers are various turns with cowbells and loud cheers
it made me proud to see Grant cheer for his older brother Dean
I could have used their cheering during my race

when Lisa finally arrived at DCCX with the boys earlier that day I was on my second to last lap
I had already thrown in the towel
it was a matter of just finishing the race at a less than impressive race pace
their position on the sideline brought me a smile but it was too late in the game for them to invigorate me

I... unlike my son Grant... I am fueled by the cheers

I could not get the shot

there is a flower stand to her left
there are fall colors in the trees to each side

I could not get the shot of her with the backdrop I wanted
yet I did get some sort of shot

more on that ASSHOLE DOCTOR!

in the LA TIMES
more on that doctor who passed the cyclists... swerved in front of them... then hit the brakes
thus causing the cyclists to rear end him

ASSHOLE!

in the LA TIMES

I once heard it said by an 8th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon DO... "car is best weapon"

on the sidewalk....

ASSHOLE.

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I HOPE THIS GUY GETS "REAR ENDED" IN PRISON
in VELO NEWS

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Raw Talent Ranch

http://rawtalent.lostriverbarn.com/

cycling in a chinese city...

cycling in a chinese city...
www.google.com

paris vandals... first jim morrisson's grave... now the bike share program!

Vandals attack the bikes in the Paris Bike Share Program!
in the Examiner!
www.examiner.com

bike in the city
www.bikeinthecity.com

chris from dcmtb

chris and I take a similar path to work in the morning
crossing at the same intersection at roughly the same time

not everyday... but often

it is not my religion... yet I am interested in trying to understand it

the corcoran has an exhibit on the religion of oil
images presented by burtynsky

a friend of mine went and showed me the book of glossy images

our culture has been raping the land for all time
oil is just one of the many treasures that we steal from this planet

people are an animal of many ugly faces
we are consumers with voracious appetites
and
we are an animal at war

for all time man has been at war
there may be short rests in between
there is always war in our future

we are a disgusting animal

at the corcoran
http://www.corcoran.org/

saw Where the Wild Things Are... wow.

wow.

I loved the book
I loved the movie.

Spike Jonze once again lays it down.

a great weekend... this photo is from last week

not sure if I posted this
not sure what that red pack is on that bike

tools?
does it stay on the bike or does she take if off when she locks the bike

gwadzilla gets some press...

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GWADZILLA GETS SOME PRESS...
in THE EXAMINER!

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