For the Dogs!

That was 'Turkey Day'.
Hanging out with the dogs,
get some movies in,
the cat stole the turkey
as it cooled off.

I live in a zoo.

A quiet day for reflection
of those things I'm thankful for,
family.
And some mandatory food induced
nap time on the couch.

Opposites

Walking home from dropping the kids off at school (not pool, school),
I got caught up in the idea of: do we always want what we didn't have
growing up?

I'm a product of suburbia.
Something that I haven't liked since...
highschool.

And when it came time to buy a house. I wanted something 'in town' and
central to everything. Over the years I've reaped the benefits of
living in the city. Skip trying to find a parking place for anything
in town, just bike.

While walking the two blocks back home I wonder if my kids will want
the opposite. A ranch house out in the country? A 'new' house in some
nicely named subdivision? A place that doesn't embrace cycling? Where
every commute must be by car. Or will they want something that
represents how they grew up? I'm not sure.

Let's have a new series!

A $5,000 open sprint.
Pretty simple.
Note the bunny hop over the BMW @ 1:41!
The local elite 'cross series has a $750 payout,
for the season.

Running on Empty!

Up til 2am.
Varnish.
Framing.
Wiring.

All the art is set.
Thirteen in all.
Plus,
another ten right down the street,
at the gallery.

There is absolutely NOT
enough coffee to get through the day!

things bike related

Best costume for a 'cross race!

because it's a bike blog...
isn't it?
One of my past Times Union posts:Can't get there from here.
Nothing big, just putting them out there.
Or you can just click along to the right....

Getting back to four races worth of photos,
to sort & post to flickr... sorry guys, and girls.

the day of the dead!

You should stop by here all the time,
especially today! Bikes and the City.

All Saints Day!

dia de los Muertos!
Sadly there will be no candy skull tattoos for me today.
But I'll make up for that later, trust me!

Today will be an entire day of sorting,
and sitting in front of the computer.

The Mrs. pulled off a great Halloween party on Saturday night.
So good,
that I skipped my self imposed pre race bedtime,
and stayed up all night drinking by the fire pit.
THAT resulted in an awesome race six hours later.
So there's some photos from the Vermont Wicked Creepy race.
And some really bummed out guys that couldn't beat an old,
fat, very hung over guy.
Goal of NOT getting last, achieved!

That's really pathetic, actually.
So I think it was 30th out of 34 or 31st out of 36,
pretty bottom of the barrel.

So I shot masters, single speed, 3/4 and womens.
Then headed out.
Out where, you ask?
To shoot the best wedding ever!

My tattoo artist & friend.
A great mix of Halloween, rock 'n roll, and tattoo convention.
Complete with a bride in a hearse!
And today is my final day to prep for my first solo show,
opening this Friday @ The Wine Bar & Bistro!
PSYCHED!!!

Weekly posts?!

Well,
no excuses.
Today?
A great foggy morning! I love the fog!
No warf or chowder though,
just aches from
getting my ass handed to me
@ SPA CX!

And a random mention while staging,
someone other than my mom
reads this blog! Better get back on it!
Along with ALL of the photos
waiting for me to edit & post!

Tomorrow's list is growing,
more to follow!

October is just siiiiiily!

Sure
every day is busy......
but this month
has taken it to a new level!

On another note:
finally brewed the perfect cup of coffee
and a big noreaster is rolling in...
just in time for the next 'cross race!

the OTHER side of the camera

Sometimes you know EXACTLY where you need to be
to get the perfect photo.

And sometimes there's three or four other people
with the exact same idea.

And no one wants you in their background.

Some people are cool and work around it.
Other's are pushy little punks
(I'll post that one later).



It's nice to meet cool people,
and really appreciate it when they take time to
mentioning this sad little blog...
At Ommegang we met Lindsay who does photomudd.
Had a good conversation about what to do
with all of the photos after a race.
(need photos from Ommegang? Visit photomudd!)

flickr.
FB albums.
Your own site.
She's using SmugMug...

I don't have an opinion on that yet.
To sort a thousand photos,
then to slowly load them onto flickr,
that is a day of suck.

another time killer: my new art site artgeekstudio.com.
just another electronic child to neglect...

But I got stickers, business cards, flickr account,
and the 'site'. So I should show it some love I guess.

Ommegang Cyclocross

Sorting photos from Ommegang...
more to follow.

Ommegang Cyclocross

This last weekend was one of the best!
Which would explain a crappy first two
days of this week.
Everything falls short.
Friday was First Friday,
and I was showing at two galleries.
Saturday evening was last minute prep
including the task of finding a ride!
And of course,
Sunday was the second race of the
NYCROSS.COM series.

This one was particularly promising
since EVERYONE was in Mass.
And being able to visit a friend who
works at Ommegang, was an extra
plus!

I'll post more.
And get the couple hundred photos up
on flickr. That's the plan for Thursday!

Rain Days again

Gave me good reason to dig out
The Cold & Wet weather gear!

Bike Work

Sometimes feels like
homework....

Finally getting around to setting up the
new bike.

Pedals, set the seat, along with setting
up the extra wheels with new tires.

Rainy days are only awesome
for checking things off of the list.....

New TOYS!!!!!

Oh it's done!
More on it later,
but it's all swapped out with SRAM,
and the eggbeaters get picked up...
tomorrow!
So maybe Sunday I'll get it out.
A big thing checked off of the list!