Weekend Round-Up: Bike Punk

My sudden burst of summer fitness continued this weekend. Another 57 miles of riding added on bringing the total for the week to over 125 miles!

On Friday night, Rob added construction paper mohawks to our helmets for the San Francisco Bike Party’s punk rock olympics night.  The brit punk costumes were impressive and there was even a speaker bike dressed up as a red London phone booth. We rode our tandem out to the beach to cheer on friends in the bike sumo competition. Then back to Civic Center and home for some late night popcorn before bed.

Slept in on Saturday morning for quite a long time. Rob and I watched the Tour de France until it was time to pack up the bike and head to Sausalito at lunch. We met Alex and Zach at the start of a 37 mile, 3,500 foot Alpine Lake route.  Whew…it was HOT through Larkspur and Fairfax in Marin and super steep to almost the top of Mt. Tam. Gorgeous views of Stinson Beach below the summit of our ride. Always a nice to have a real “epic” with some new friends to really get to know each other:

We zoomed back down to Sausalito from the top. Alex went with us for pizza (at the restaurant that hosted our rehearsal dinner almost four years ago).  By the time we got home, it was already after 9:00.

Up pretty early on a cold and foggy Sunday. We watched the Tour while reading the Sunday paper.  Egg tacos with pepitas and radishes for breakfast. At noon, Rob and I drove to the airport to pick up Nicole returning from Texas. While waiting at the gate, someone from my team at work passed by and we picked her up for the ride back to the city too.

Once everyone was dropped off, we went to Trader Joe’s for a massive stock up on groceries. At home, I made salami sandwiches with truffle mustard and mache salads with feta cheese and figs for lunch.  We watched Chronicle, pretty interesting and very creative camerawork.

In the afternoon, I worked on the tiny garden for a bit. It’s looking much better after the big spruce up a couple weekends ago.  I even have the first-ever maidenhair fern to not immediately perish under my care doing quite well.  The tiny violets are happy too and remind me of my parents’ garden.

Rob and I rode the new-old bikes down to REI in the evening, adding the last five miles on to the weekend’s count.  Another TJ’s meal for dinner. It feels great to leave Sunday night with a clean house, tended garden and stocked cupboards.

I’m off to Tampa on business later this week (don’t be too jealous) so posting may be light. Any restaurant recommendations?  (More photos on Rob’s blog)