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stumptown coffee at thinking cup

phil May 12, 2011

stumptown coffee espresso at thinking cup at 165 tremont st, boston.

 

I stopped by here soon after they opened one morning and had a nice, quick shot of espresso to wake me up.  They’re the first coffee shop in downtown boston to serve stumptown exclusively, according to their website.  It was a nice little walk to get the coffee – I love seeing the city wake up and it’s pretty nice being near the boston common.

 

 

 

thinking cup, early in the morning.

 

I also had a nice bacon cheddar and chive scone here.  Just a hint of bacon and a yummy scone-y texture.  it was just about a perfect savory scone.  They also have an affogato on their menu, which I would have gotten had it not been morning.

 

 

 

boston common at night

phil May 9, 2011

another break from bike-related photos:

boston common at night.

 

I went to 75 Chestnut for dinner, had an excellent seafood stew, and then took a nice walk back along the Common.  I’m amazed at how uniformly green it is.

steering wheel bike in somerville

phil May 6, 2011

 

a photo of steering wheel bike from a walk in Somerville, MA.  Across the street from Razzy’s, which is apparently now closed according to yelp.  Pretty sweet.  complete with banana seat, front rack, and an apparently non-working headlight.

Around the neighborhood

phil May 2, 2011

A break from the biking for some photos from around rockridge:

 

 

Simon.  He said he was trying to see his family on Easter.  He talked about his sister in Emeryville and his dad who’s 82.

 

 

 

 

 

Outside of Cole coffee, dogs wait for their owners to finish their drinks

 

 

 

A day in the city

phil March 28, 2011

Vienna sausage cans in the rain on a paper Trader Joe’s bag

 

 

 

Another great drink from MA’velous:   Stumptown Hairbender Cappuccino

 

 

 

A walk up polk st

 

 

 

bike lane, covered.

 

 

 

WE ROCK  HARDEST – Ben Eine – bad ass.

 

 

 

Giraffe

 

 

 

googly eyes on BART

 

 

 

got off at ashby bart

 

 

 

Oakland Marathon 2011

phil March 27, 2011

I got out early this morning to check out the 2011 Oakland Marathon.  I didn’t have it in me to try to try to run it again this year (especially with all of the cycling training) but it was really exciting to see the runners.  I got out to around the 4.5 mile mark on College ave in front of Crossroads Trading and across from Toast and near miam miam (expensive, but probably the best frozen yogurt I’ve had)

This is Tegenu Beru from San Jose.  He won the race wish a finishing time of 2:30:08.  Damn.

 

 

 

 

 

He had a small entourage of cyclists surrounding him and preceding that were some police motorcycles and an official pickup truck.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ivan Medina from Hayward finished 5th with a time of 2:44:33, but was in 2nd place at this point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

These guys were running together at this point in the race, but eventually Jesus Campos (#1003) pulled off to capture 2nd place with a time of 2:37:31.  Tony Torres (#1000) still finished strongly at 4th place with a time of 2:38:45.

 

Anna Bretan took 1st place for women and 11th place overall with a strong finishing time of 2:53:19.  According to the San Francisco Chronicle, this was her first marathon ever and the longest distance she’s run in her life.

 

 

 

 

Lori Buratto from Washington finished 2nd among women with a finishing time of 3:02:53.

 

 

 

They look happy!

 

 

 

Suet-Fei Li finished 3rd among women with a time of 3:03:25.

 

 

 

This guy was awesome.

 

 

 

By the way, she is ripped

 

 

 

Hawaiian shirt

 

 

 

 

 

 

This guy ran the marathon with a hemp shoulder bag.

 

 

 

Hard to see from the photo since I had switched out to a wide-angle lens, but this guy is “Endorphin Dude” and ran with a cape.  Pretty sweet.  Check out his website.

 

 

 

ALC from the Golden Gate Bridge to Petaluma and back

phil March 19, 2011

We rode in one of the official ALC training rides last Saturday.  I took the GF1 along on what turned out to be a gorgeous day.  Grand total: 92 miles of training ride, 108 miles total and I felt pretty good.

We started off in Portrero hill.  We rode through Mission bay just after sunrise en route to the meeting point at the Presidio Sports Basement

 

 

 

 

 

Sun over mission bay

 

 

 

 

Riding along the Giants Promenade by AT&T ballpark

 

 

 

 

Fast forward to the climb up White’s hill from Fairfax along Sir Francis Drake Blvd..  A huge group of 20+ cyclists powered past us on the climb.

 

 

 

 

The always popular Rancho Nicasio.  Lots of Dolce Vita riders representing.

 

 

 

 

I forget where this was – probably Point Reyes Petaluma Rd / Red Hill Rd

 

 

 

 

Beautiful shadows on the rolling hills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cheese factory – Marin French Cheese Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the top of Wilson Hill Rd

 

 

 

 

Lunch at the apple box

 

 

 

 

ALC TRLs

 

 

 

 

Climbing back up the hill on Petaluma Pt Reyes Rd

 

 

 

 

I treated myself to an It’s It at the cheese factory

 

 

 

 

The view of San Francisco from Sausalito along Bridgeway

 

 

 

 

Looking west from the Golden Gate Bridge

 

 

 

 

Always a spectacular view

 

 

 

 

 

 

citrus at berkeley bowl west

phil March 9, 2011

I don’t even remember what kind of citrus fruit this was anymore.  I was standing in the produce section of Berkeley Bowl.  I saw it, picked it up, stared at it for a while (another shopper even stopped for a second to stare at it with me) and then I bought it.  Then I took a picture of it and ate it.  It was decently sweet and easy to peel.  I wouldn’t necessarily buy one again except for its looks.