Posted by bronson
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:57:00 GMT
Still catching up: 17 Apr
The Boston Marathon goes right past our house, somewhere around the 25th mile. So, about the same time as the runners left the starting line, we started warming up the grill and cooling off the ones.
The wheelchairs come tearing through first.
Then the women
Rita Jeptoo
Women’s Elite Winner
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Jelena Prokopcuka
Women’s Elite 2nd
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Then Robert Cheruiyot, the men’s elite winner, scorched through a minute ahead of the next elite man. He had been clicking down 5 minute miles for almost two hours and looked as fresh as if he’d just started.
Robert Cheruiyot out for an afternoon jog
Shame about the guy with the bullhorn.
This page allowed you to predict to within a few minutes when a friend would pass. You’d watch as they start off on an 8 minute pace. And you’d sympathize when you saw it drop to 12 as they hit the wall.
Kristi is training for a 5K in July. Sizhen is training for a 5K in, when, August? I did the Wharf to Wharf last year with a decent time but I’ve been getting pretty lazy since then. Time to change that. Running is great – you just need shorts, shoes, and a tolerance for pain. And it helps to have a goal in mind.
Finally, I admire this guy. The official clocks stop at 6:30 but he’s still charging it out of the Comm Ave tunnel. Athleticism is not just about elapsed time and who comes in first. It’s about personal records and not giving in. Go run.
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Posted by bronson
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:18:00 GMT
still catching up, 25 Mar:
The biggest shock of moving to Boston was, no, not the weather. Not the tortured streets. Not even the Mexican food. It’s the lack of decent produce in the grocery store.
$4.99/lb for red peppers? $2.00/lb for mushy apples? The meat aisle is the same size as the produce aisle. How on earth do Easterners survive?
This is how. Head to Haymarket on Friday or Saturday during the day and buy produce from a market that has been going on for more than 200 years.
Thing is, look at all the Dole boxes… There are no farmers here! This is a low-rent wholesaler’s market. But so what? If you’re careful, you can still get great produce at great prices. If you’re careful.
Take your skepticism, reject stuff if it looks bad, and don’t be afraid of getting yelled at. And there are other farmer’s markets if this one isn’t quaint enough for you.
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Posted by bronson
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:49:00 GMT
25 Feb:
Here’s Jacqueline celebrating Derek’s – I mean Diana’s – birthday.
Cassie and I baked a cake for them from this recipe. Recipes titles always exaggerate but it really was one of the better cakes I’ve had. It’s rich without being overbearingly sweet.
Some notes:
- Baking it for 25 to 30 minutes definitely wasn’t sufficient. The surface was springy but the inside was still goo. It took 45 minutes until our cake was finished. Use a broomstraw to determine when the middle is done (we just used a fork since the damage would be frosted over anyway).
- Make sure the cake is chilly before frosting it. We didn’t leave enough time so we assembled the cake warm. And we paid the price. The top half split into 3 pieces and smeared itself around the inside of the cake carrier. It was tragic. Some quick repairwork and a lot of frosting saved the day.
- You can read all the recipes you want but nothing short of actually baking a cake will let you truly comprehend the horrifying quantities of butter and sugar used.
- The batter is bitter when it goes into the oven and mildly sweet when it comes out. I’d like to know more about the chemistry of cooking.
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Posted by bronson
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:59:00 GMT
11 Feb:
Kristi’s apartment threw a 21st amendment party. Apparently we celebrate well in advance. Why procrastinate for matters of such importance? A few pics of people looking good (unlike last weekend):
Kristi’s boy said he’d show up in an hour or two and then flaked without a word. Pulling that after only a few dates pretty much torpedos the relationship. Bummer. He seemed really cool at white trash. A few days later he phoned her up and invitend her out to Starbucks. To apologize, right? She paid for her own coffee and then listened as he spent his lunch break breaking up some more. Bizarre.
Our fine neighbor bested that performance last weekend. Moron that later. Guys, show a little more respect for your women?
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Posted by bronson
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:11:00 GMT
Wow, it’s been two months since I’ve updated this thing. Life didn’t stop but it did get wedged for a bit when Cyberonic needlessly booted rinspin.com off the net.
Feb 5th:
I took Cassie to New York for her birthday. We saw Avenue Q, which kicked just as much ass as Mark said it would. Beware, though. One scene in particular is, ah, disturbing. Hilarious, yes! But disturbing.
Though I’m not an out of work comedian and I didn’t particularly like the Brian character, I did relate to this line:
BRIAN It sucks to be broke and unemployed
and turning thirty-three….
And, by the way, on top of the GE Building, the wind was not betraying any sort of receding hairline. I was just going for the Wolverine look that day.
Yeah Wolverine.
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