Yearly Archives: 2009

Before we get started with the details of Tour de Emily – a few introductions. We had the best team for this adventure – a handful of riders and a support crew to match. From left to right: Team Tandem – Rob and I rode on our sweet red bike the whole way. Rob –…

I can’t believe we actually did it! The five day bike tour was a true adventure. I feel just like a kid back from a fantastic summer away at camp: loaded with stories, tanned, worn-out and a bit weepie. I’ll have the details and lots of photos for you starting Monday!

Tour de Emily starts tomorrow. A big group of friends up for an adventure arrive at the house at 9:30 am. We’ll hit the road shortly after and won’t stop until we’ve biked to San Luis Obispo. I’m looking forward to spending five uninterrupted days along the rocky coast. You can track our progress of…

Here’s what the Tweed Ride looks like from the back of a tandem going through the Mission. The music is provided by local bike-celebrity Deep and his trike-mounted speakers.

Rob and I had a fun little adventure last night. The Tweed Ride hit the streets again! This ride started in Dolores Park for a video shoot with a bike polo dance troupe. It was quite funny to see everyone dressed to the nines (including Gary Fisher, inventor of the mountain bike) acting out crowd…

He proposes!

He stares!

Between working long days and mainlining Pride and Prejudice at night, I find that I don’t have anything to say that isn’t about electronic medical records or the regiment this week. Instead, let’s have a video fix of Mr. Darcy. First, he swims!

I could stare at the details on this literary map of San Francisco all day long. It was created for the Chronicle’s book review section by Ian Huebert back in July. Click here to see it in full sized glory. A print of it would be perfect for a guest room.

The ladies at Church Street Flowers always impress me. Not only are they geniuses with arrangements, but they also happily indulge me in gardenias and corsages whenever needed. And their gardenias have some serious lasting power. For $3, these two survived a night in my hair at the opera and a big weekend with guests…