The Romanini’s are coming for dinner tonight, which reminded me that I never posted the photos from our New Years Day dinner at their place. Their house was 100% antique fabulosity. Museum grade pieces of history. Tiny, fragile objects. Big, wooden furniture from centuries past. An almost overwhelming treasure trove of visual and historical stimulation. With [...]

Meals with Sal’s family in Little Sicily (his childhood home) are something to behold. Whether it’s a weeknight dinner or a big to-do like the New Years Eve spread below, I’m consistently floored, humbled and honored to be around the table. These images never quite made it to prime time after our holiday visit, so I’m providing [...]

It’s a photo-ey kind of week. I just finished up (this morning) a big writing project I’ve been hammering away at for a while. My words are all used up. All I have is a little point n shoot and legs full of courage. Today we headed off for our Bread and Butter San Jose ride [...]

Nothing like a big-assed bike ride to welcome you home. San Jose to Los Gatos (over the hills via Kennedy Road), Los Gatos to Saratoga via Highway 9, up and over a few winery climbs, past Stevens Creek Down and out to Los Altos. Fast track on Foothill Expressway to Sand Hill then over to Portola [...]

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Images from the iPhone Leaving Colossal Cave Mountain Park. * Geoff, the owner of Miles Ahead Cyclery, models my Tom Ford’s while I try on a pair of the Oakley jawbones from his display. * From a training ride on Mt. Lemmon. The 8th Street Owl House is down in that valley somewhere. * Front yard cactus. * Hello, sunset cloud. * Spiny things with sunset mood. * Kender [...]