Tag Archives: Travel
California Dreaming and a Sunday Driver
After another epic weekend spent with amazing company, I realized that everything I once had planned is now in the process of being completely reevaluated…and I’m all in. From the smaller, more mundane details to the larger life-goals, things in … Continue reading
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Oh, the places I've (never) been.
It has come to my attention that I need to travel a bit. My coworkers are taking all these trips. Hell, my COO is in France tooling around on his bicycle while the Tour goes on around him. It all … Continue reading
The biggest L.L. Bean Boot and a trip to Maine.
I’ve decided that April is a good month to go see the fine town of Freeport, Maine, at which time I hope to recreate such a special memory as depicted here. I wear an 8.5 (8 in a Bean Boot), … Continue reading
Dressing warm for Nashville and a visit to the Johnston & Murphy Corporate Offices
It’s been a long, long, long time coming, but I am finally making it out to Nashville, TN. I’ve been talking about this trip for, oh, going on four years or so, as it was actually one of my choice … Continue reading
Of a Best Man in Lawrence, KS prepping at the Bourgeois Pig
As I’ve made it quite public to those around these parts, I am quite nervous about making my first Best Man speech this weekend at my best friend’s wedding. Yeah, I am headed to Lawrence, KS for the affair and … Continue reading
Falcon Motorcycles and No Knowledge of How to Properly Ride
I’ve been talking about buying a bike for a good long while now. It happens every Summer when getting into a car in the heat is next to unbearable. That and as gas prices rise, the thought of only having … Continue reading
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Reasons Unknown. A Fascination of Big Rigs since I was a lad. And here's their complete history.
At an early age, I learned much about the great American highways, the open roads, and the automotive beasts that ran rampant on the crumbling hot asphalt stretching coast to coast. Road trips to and from Wisconsin each Summer would … Continue reading
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Get Wood…and your mind out of the gutter, and hop atop Renovo Hardwood Bicycles
Last night, Jeremy, Amanda and I had a long convo about fixed gears, their riders, the streets of NYC/Brooklyn, and the conundrum of brakeless bikes. With a puzzled look, Amanda asked us what the point of riding a bike with … Continue reading
There go my future paychecks. Thanks to the Filson Passage Luggage
I just had to walk down 2nd today, didn’t I? And I just had to stumble upon the fact that there’s a Filson store not 5 blocks from my office, too, huh? I was even walking to the post office … Continue reading
And with the purchase of the Ben Sherman Weekender Bag, Ben is en route to Denver.
Because I was so engrossed in “He’s Just Not That Into You” (thx Netflix) last night, I lost track of time completely. Other than watching this cinematic triumph of a chick-flick, the only thing I really remember was a text … Continue reading
Hey I almost died. Time to get back on the bike. The 2010 Bianchi Pista
Work ended and I got in my Integra to meet my aunt for dinner at my new fave Mongolian BBQ place a good 10 mintues away fro the office. Not thinking too much of the drive, I proceeded down Colorado … Continue reading
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Wet Hot American Summer of Sam : Malibu Corvette Limited Edition Sport-V
You remember that part at the end of One Crazy Summer when the Whatsamatta-U boat (skippered by a young John Cusack) blows the back off of itself to reveal a Ferrari engine ripped from that pompous, blonde sonuvabitch’s ride? How … Continue reading
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Worthy of Ryu: Ducati Streetfighter S
My Independence Day was spent in the woods outside of Baily, CO camping with some close friends and nearly catching my death under open skies pouring rain relentlessly on us all. Despite the wickedly wet conditions, we had a blast, … Continue reading
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Limited Edition Silver Bullet 20 by Chris Craft
It’s so easy to embrace the lake-lifestyle when you’re on one for a week. I am sorta deadset on getting a fishin rod and takin it to the lakes here, reeling in some trout and whathaveya. What made it easier … Continue reading
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An Iron Horse: 2010 Honda Fury Motorcycle
I really wish I never gave away the motorbike my Dad gave me. Well, I didn’t so much give it away as I was just too lack when it came to fixing it up. Simple clean of the carburetor would’ve … Continue reading
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