I am slightly embarrassed to say, that three years in, I have yet to find the perfect cure to a semester plus of law school. A day, a week, a few months, I can do. Any time on the rollers – from fifteen minutes to forever – can usually keep the insanity at bay. But [...]
Entries from December 30th, 2009
holiday nothings
December 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · general stuff, hanging out, style
It wasn’t New York, it wasn’t Christmas eve, and it didn’t end in the drunk tank. But it was as carefree as a “Fairytale of New York.” You know the Pogues song. With those charming lyrics ["you're a bum, you're a punk/you're an old slut on junk"], it’s the song that’ll run laps around my [...]
Tags:boston·dessert hummus·downtown crossing holiday market·fizik·nyc velo·swissbakers
betty or veronica?
December 14th, 2009 · 5 Comments · embrocation cycling journal
There’s never enough time to do everything during finals [like drawing pictures] but there’s always time for Embrocation Cycling Journal. Enjoy; and apologies for the sporadic posting!
gifted cyclists
December 11th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
You know when you really like to do something that you’re just not particularly good at? That’s me and cooking. Okay, and cycling, but we’re putting that aside for now. It wasn’t until law school that I found myself alone in an apartment with a knife, cutting board, and stove and left to fend for [...]
vegan training wheels
December 10th, 2009 · 12 Comments · food, handmade goodies, recipes
“What is it with you and food?” a friend once jokingly asked. He was referring to my choice of legal note topics for my journal; last fall I wrote about the Southern Bluefin Tuna Cases, in the spring about the regulation of geographic indicators of food in the European Union [publication forthcoming, spring 2010...eeepp!!!]. I [...]
Tags:anna thomas·food·lentil soup·love soup·recipe·vegan·winter squash
bottled martinis
December 7th, 2009 · 4 Comments · bike shops, general stuff, hanging out
Having realized that Dragonforce in the morning can only get you so far on the rollers, I have shamelessly embraced Hulu like a fat kid clutches onto his prized sack of Halloween candy. Somehow, when you’re on the rollers and the sun hasn’t come out yet, it’s perfectly okay to start your day with a [...]
final countdown
December 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · style
It’s December. Which means Bill Strickland’s back. Which is a good thing because final exams are coming up and putting me into that pre-exam tizzy. I’m copping out again with the simple presentation of a Rapha Scarf Friday. This was all I could manage in my exhaustion. There’s something cooking in the back of my [...]
doing the wave
December 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · hanging out, road rides, training
There are about three things that make my mornings fully worth it. Post-roller coffee made in my French press, a hardboiled free-range egg from M1′s parents’ chickens [they are adorable], and Older-Cyclist-Dude-with-the-Amazing-Jackets. The last even waves. I think we first saw each other earlier this year when it was still frigid out. On Beacon Street [...]
treadmills and triathlons
December 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments · general stuff, training
A few years ago – back when I could be found in nothing lower than 2 inch heels, with hair down to the middle of my back – Sex and the City was blowing up on HBO. Lack of a TV in my college dorm room meant that I was never able to follow Carrie, [...]