Arranged for a week in Paris with the whole family, booked many months in advance. Melissa had never been there and since Ian and I had gone twice in the past three years, once last year after our

Help! Say what you want about the French, but if you buy into the myth of the French being rude you are dead wrong. This girl at Panera Bread is the real rude, who just..served..uh.. no not served..

Took the day off today. It’s my birthday and I can do what I want. I was going to do a century ride in southern MD called Booths Escape, a route which traces the escape or attempted escape of John

Kind of nice to have your very own 4 feet of pavement, as rough and potholed as it may be.

I have been riding this route for years commuting to my studios in Hampden and then Woodberry. I think it’s

Today’s ride is 105 miles, mostly rolling with a climb to Jubilee pass at the southern terminus. I’m feeling pretty sore from yesterday’s climb up Townes Pass and thinking that I will just do 18