I feel like I have my legs back. The way I get around the city is fun again. I wake up and think about how I want to ride my bike. And it’s all thanks to owning a bike that’s fun to ride. The video below is from my new bike’s inaugural day out this past Sunday! Video by Ian Tuttle (beware the sap factor. You might actually not want to watch the video unless you’re my mom. Hi Mom!).
beans, water, vinegar, salt, dill, garlic, red chili flakes
Today, still high from the success of my pickled brussel sprout extravaganza, I dove into a new veggie to pickle: beans! These ones should sit for a month to pickle properly. Or properly pickle.
In the background of this picture my discarded mixte frame grocery bike sits, waiting to be sold. The reason? I finally got a proper replacement for the fallen Bridgestone. Pictures (and video!) to come soon….
…..in their ivy covered burial ground?
Gosh. Spring Training has just kicked off and I’m catching baseball fever. I’ll admit that the Cubs have broken my heart in the past. But every spring I forgive them and get giddy with anticipation.
This Saturday is the first televised Cubs Spring Training game. It’s sure to be a snooze fest for the most part, and will probably be played by mostly minor leaguers trying to prove they have big league stuff, but I can’t wait. I bleed Cubbie blue, and all that.
The late, great singer/songwriter Steve Goodman grew up in a Chicago suburb and was a Cubs fanatic. His song “A Dying Cubs Fan’s Last Request” sums up the frustration and die hard devotion many Cubs fans feel.
This song was written in the 80′s, but the facts still hold true; the cubs still haven’t been to the World Series since “the year we dropped the bomb on Japan” (The last time they came close (and oh, it was soo close!) was the year of the Steve Bartman incident). Some say the team is cursed by a billy goat.
Baloney. I lift my imaginary Old Style to the Chicago Cubs, and the 2010 baseball season.