TweetThis movie is a must see. Though less spectacular than “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” or “Castle in the Sky,” “Kiki’s Delivery Service” [the original Japanese title is “The Witch’s Delivery Service”] has always been a secret favorite. A story about a witch that leaves her home to discover independence and make it […]
Entries from May 2009
kiki’s delivery service
May 16th, 2009 Comments Off on kiki’s delivery service
Tags: baked goods · broom · courier · embrocation cycling journal · international bicycle center · kiki's delivery service · muffins · red bow
it hurts
May 15th, 2009 3 Comments
TweetSo apparently going from sitting in a chair in the library for 12 hours a day for three weeks to riding over 100 miles in two days makes for an unhappy knee. Not to mention my ass. I have knee tracking problems that make my knees sound like velcro when I get up from any […]
Tags: custom · cycling caps · hurt · IT band · knees
gratin d’endives
May 14th, 2009 1 Comment
Tweet“Hey, wanna race ‘cross?” Marcus asked me this as he, Eric, and I lingered on Harvard Ave last night after an IBC sushi fest. He just got a new cross bike that he’s building up today so maybe I should have expected the question. And even with a belly full of sushi, I nearly pounced […]
Tags: belgium · cupcake · cyclocross · endives · lexington · waffle
highways and hurdles
May 13th, 2009 10 Comments
TweetDear Mark, I assume you’re not passed out in a ditch somewhere after whatever may have transpired last night to celebrate the end of 2L. I’m hoping you can read this through the haze of your hangover. Remember yesterday when I ran into you again after our rescheduled exams? And you told me not to […]
Tags: arlington · lexington · lost · rapha · ride · running
between books and buttons
May 12th, 2009 2 Comments
TweetBooks are officially closed for the summer. And before I have to slip into button downs and the occasional suit, I have a small window of freedom. Well, I have a growing list of things that need to get done, but that comes after I regroup, mentally assess the mess that my life and apartment […]