Archive for August, 2007

Trip to Seattle

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Our trip to Seattle was full of adventure. Clinton and I enjoyed some rare quality time together. Some of the highlights of our trip included:

The Woodland Park Zoo!
The Fremont Sunday Market!
“The Empire of Medieval Pursuits” at Gasworks Park!
Pike Place Market, of course
Our awesome bed & breakfast on Capitol Hill!
Bubble tea and Pho!
Riding the Metro!
The (new) [...]

Sunday bike ride to Hillsborough

Monday, August 20th, 2007

The Crystalizer, hottest thing on wheels!
Check out more fun bike ride photos here and here.

Logged 15.5 miles (running) this morning

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Yes folks, we are on our way. Marathon, here we come! Stay tuned for news about our 40-mile bike ride tomorrow. “The Crystalizer” has a new cape!

A very sporty weekend

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Great pictures of all of us who rode in the Tarheels Bikefest in Hillsborough yesterday are located here! 62 miles, baby!
Great pictures of Kitty and Hadley’s triathlon in Chapel Hill this morning are located here! Congratulations to both of them on their super fast times and especially their courage and hard training! Also, Kitty [...]

The Last Starfighter

Friday, August 10th, 2007

I adore science fiction movies from the early 80s! I just watched The Last Starfighter last night, which has made it onto the Some of Crystal’s Favorite Movies list. It is truly a masterpiece of sci-fi cheesiness, and it is both funny and very uplifting. Please note that Centauri, the space alien, is played by [...]

Whew!

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

103 degrees and humid this evening, great running weather. Haha. Nicole and I did just 3.5 miles so we wouldn’t overheat and die.

Jose in Africa

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

If you want a good read, check out Jose in Africa , a Web log by a guy named Jose who is pretty much one my new favorite people. It’s all about his life as a Peace Corps volunteer in Benin, and he has some very thoughtful insights and seriously funny stories.

Moonlit run

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

So, this morning Julia and I did what we think may be the craziest thing we’ve done so far: we ran 14 miles before work, from 5:30 AM to 8:00 AM!
The first part of the run was dark and through the woods, with only moonlight shining down on us (!). Obviously I was running along [...]

Tiger mom

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

My friend Kitty sent me this crazy piece of Internet news, which may be simultaneously the strangest and cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Check it out.