So, next weekend is Thanksgiving here. I likely won't be in town; perhaps leading an ill-prepared bicycle trip up a mountain. But, what else could I do? A weekend in the UK ( Read more... )

And today the Lucky Charms ran out.

Today, for breakfast I ate two bowls of Lucky Charms. They turned my milk blue and that was awesome.

For the month of November, 800 families in San Francisco were given their bag of Emergency Food Assistance Program groceries: 1kg white rice, 1kg pinto beans, 2 tins of chunked chicken.

The worse part is that I don't remember what happened. I have spent a good deal of time going over it in my head, always coming up blank. I was on my way to the climbing gym; going down the hill on Van Ness. At Eddy, I had gotten a head start on traffic and had a green light at the next intersection. If I kept up to traffic speed, I could hit ( Read more... )

I am listening to the BBC on my laptop using a wireless cellphone modem with riding on the bus. Like radio, except better*.

(*) Cell network rant omitted.

As I promised, I attempted to bike home on Friday night. It is amazing the difference a little bit of physical activity makes you feel.

I spent the first two weeks I was here searching for an apartment. I found one at the last possible moment. The whole process was stressful and very inefficient. But I now have a nice place in San FranciscoThe shuttle system is pretty awesome. I haven't actually had to wait at the stop in the morning; I can walk out of my building and onto a bus ( Read more... )

Yesterday I spent to time between breakfast and supper on the Bluewater Bridge.

I met a hardcore tourist on the ferry. He had just completed a 400km tour in 22 hours and claimed that was slow. It is a good thing I ran into him; otherwise I would still be circling the Delta. Vancouver turned into a hassle to bicycle into. The ferry is a good distance (25km) from the city and the only access is a large highway. The highway ( Read more... )

Victoria claims to be Canada's Cycling Capital. I think they have earned that title. Bicycles are allowed on all their major highways, including Highway 17 from the ferry to the downtown, a 30km ride. I, however, did not take the highway. Instead, I took the bicycle path that also ran from the ferry ( Read more... )