Pedal Strike

TweetEmbrocation Cycling Journal: the perfect way to start your post-Thanksgiving week. Click here to indulge in some cycling-related goodness while you wait for that turkey coma to wear off…

TweetApparently having three days off means that your week gets squeezed into your two normal work/school days. I won’t be blogging until next Monday, unfortunately, but travel safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

TweetI didn’t go to Cornell [for college] but I found the best room mate there. We found each other in a slightly musty dorm room on the first day of summer school. Hailing from Staten Island, Mell was lightly freckled and Irish to the core. She was confident without being arrogant and charismatic without being […]

TweetCan you believe it’s November? I understand that happened almost three weeks ago, but it’s finally sinking in. It’s almost Thanksgiving. That means it’s almost December. When did that happen? I blame the deceptively warm weather that has me thinking it’s still early October. My long-sleeve Underarmour gear has remained untouched in my closet for […]

TweetCatching me headed out into rainy weather on my bike a few weeks ago, my openly gay law review faculty manager observed: “You’re so butch.” I thanked him sarcastically in response. Although he was joking, I’ve actually become accustomed to that perception. As a college freshman, punked out with pink hair, people had thought/hoped I […]