T on June 7th, 2009

This  past weekend was my fourth visit to Two Harbors, but the first since I started this blog. So I’m glad for the opportunity to write a bit about this little slice of island paradise, just an hour away from LA.
The whole island of Catalina is a wonderful place, but to me, Two Harbors represents [...]

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T on May 25th, 2009

Well, the Pasadena ride in March was a preview of the big day today – the LA Bike Tour that preceded the LA Marathon. The day began WAY too early, at 3AM.  At that time, L and I crawled out of bed, strapped bikes to the car, and headed out to the USC campus, where [...]

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T on April 26th, 2009

After a great fall visit, 5 of my friends tried to reserve cottages for the coming spring, and the result was that we scored 2 cottages for this past weekend. L and I rode bicycles the 20 miles down from Huntington Beach and met the rest of our friends.
I’ve written about much of the experience, [...]

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T on March 22nd, 2009

It began innocently enough.  Friend P from work called one day and said she was running in the Pasadena Marathon.  She was trying to get a group together.  “I don’t run,” was my reply.  But when she mentioned all of the events I saw there was a bike tour, and it would be harder to [...]

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