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Adventure Friday Part 1

Adventure Friday Part 1

This post is brought to you by the adventures of Matthew and Shelley. After a leisurely morning waiting for the rain to pass we set out on a loosen up ride punctuated by various errands. Drop off the rent check, deposit $ into the bank, coffee, smoothie (no sugar), bike upgrade check.. all sorts of [...]

[ More ] May 29th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Outdoors |
States to visit

States to visit

Looking over my travels I find that I have made it to most of the US states… most, but not all. I’m trying to find physical record (as opposed to memories) of my travels so at the moment the few I have yet to visit are: Massachusetts Montana Oregon Hawaii Alaska What would you suggest [...]

[ More ] May 29th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Outdoors, Travel |
Blue Beetle

Blue Beetle

While out on my donut quest today I spotted this amazing little blue beetle scurrying across the walk. It intrigued me very much so I took its photo. Caution when clicking on the photos as despite being cropped they remain at their native resolution for you to appreciate the powder blue and yellow awesomeness of [...]

[ More ] May 20th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Featured, Outdoors |
Santa Rosa Skydiving

Santa Rosa Skydiving

On my first trip to San Francisco after Burning Man 2005 (and my second trip overall) I went skydiving in Santa Rosa with Aerin and Murry. My jump master was a crazy german guy that went by the name of Torsten. With over 16,500 jumps I felt fairly secure being strapped to his chest as [...]

[ More ] May 17th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Outdoors, Social Activities, Travel |
Parrot Squirrel Mafia

Parrot Squirrel Mafia

Riding through Vinoy Park was a little on the strange side today as I had the distinct impression I was being watched.  Sure enough some casual riding and pausing on my part had the watchers expose themselves..  The resident parrots and squirrels were keeping an eye on me and the rest of those using the [...]

[ More ] May 13th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Outdoors |

Irene rains arrive in BronxHe came back!New boat in the making - its the one on the right... 3 weeks till its completed and ready to go sailing.  Still working on a name.Walter Cronkite's house.USS New York arrives for 2011  NYC Fleet WeekStormking sculptures come to Governors Island!!  Art you can climb on!Fields of dandelions on the grounds of the Vanderbilt mansion.Megayacht week continues as EOS worlds largest sailing yacht (305 ft) moors to Chelsea Piers for her NYC stay.Aviva superyacht from Georgetown docked at Chelsea pier. Her 223 feet keeps her in the top 100 largest yachts in the world.Waste your life following the wall
man in a powered parachute flying over palm trees with the sunset in the background