When Kyle told me he was coming for a visit last month [it’s been nearly a month, since!], he remained stubbornly vague about his past year in L.A. A good thing, maybe, because between bike shop visits, sushi, and burgers [yes, we did all three in the same day], we also had our fair share [...]
Entries Tagged as 'coffee'
coffee excursions: café de l’ambre
August 12th, 2011 · 2 Comments · coffee
Outings, rides, and bitch-fests all require good coffee: a big steaming cup of black coffee – hold all the extras – or a great Americano. For the past few years, I’d taken the existence of meticulously obsessed coffee shops within walking and riding distance, completely for granted. But a move to Tokyo presented not just [...]
Tags:cafe de l'ambre·coffee·tokyo
the weekend in pictures: ride.studio.cafe
May 2nd, 2011 · 4 Comments · bike shops
Since first visiting Ride.Studio.Cafe last fall, I’ve been meaning to go back. A big, bright space with racks of Rapha, there are enough Cervelos and Sevens to make you reconsider your conviction that there is such a thing as owning too many bikes. A big coffee bar sits on the side of the shop, a [...]
Tags:coffee·de la paz·ride.studio.cafe·stumptown·weekend in pictures
coffee and the city
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · bike shops, nyc, style
I had it all planned out. A day off Friday, an easy ride Saturday, another rest day Sunday while I traveled back to Boston, and then back on the bike for real on Monday. Funny how things never turn out like you plan ‘em. Saturday was bordering on cold but sunny enough and Mike suggested [...]
Tags:abici·adeline adeline·batavus·brooks·cafe la colombe·coffee·linus·nyc·pashley
geared epiphany
March 26th, 2010 · 5 Comments · huh?, training
You guys. I had an amazing epiphany yesterday. I now understand why most bicycles have gears. Wait, wait. I know you’re rolling your eyes, muttering “she’s realizing this NOW?”, shaking your head, clicking onto the next blog in your reader, or all of the above. But it takes a while for things to sink in, [...]
Tags:cafe fixe·coffee·epiphany·fixed speed·gears·reverse·walmart
slowing down [with snob]
September 11th, 2009 · 8 Comments · general stuff, things in print
Like most people, I can’t stand people that are like me. It’s not because I see all of my own personality faults in them [I wisely choose not to acknowledge that], it’s actually far more basic. I just can’t stand people who are obsessed with multi-tasking; thinking about 20,000 things at a million miles a [...]
espresso d'italia
July 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · bike shops, hanging out
I can be such a bitch in the morning without coffee. This isn’t news. Especially not to me. So I try to do the right thing and inject myself with caffeine before I really speak to anyone at work. That obviously doesn’t keep me from being a ranting maniac on the morning commute, but I [...]
maillot jaune
July 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments · general stuff, style
It might feel like October in Boston, but you know it’s summer when everyone starts chasing a yellow jersey. Ah, the Tour de France. Having no TV, blown out speakers on my laptop, and drowning in different projects with ridiculous self-imposed deadlines, it’s a wonder I even know the Tour started on Saturday. But then [...]
Tags:boston·brioche·coffee·gage & desoto·Lance Armstrong·summer·tour de france
monsoon in mass
June 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · bike shops, cambridge bicycle, food, hanging out
I firmly believe there are three kinds of sweat: the hot, dry kind of casual summer rides around town, the squeamishly humid kind that won’t ever seem to abate, and last but not least [and possibly the best], the drenching, dripping, addicting kind that can only be a product of a decent training ride. I’ve [...]
trying to engage
May 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · general stuff, road rides, training
This scorching heat must have toasted my brain into a half-baked mess today. Okay, there are confounding factors. Like too little sleep and too many obligations and responsibilities that I’m literally riding away from whenever I head out west. The sheer irony being that in trying not to think about errands, hats, emails, etc, etc, [...]