Dance at the DelRay

Come and dance to the Southeast High School Jazz Ensembles from 7-9 p.m. tonight at the DelRay Ballroom in the Haymarket. No admission charge - just come on down and have some fun dancing to music from famous big bands - Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Les Brown, etc. This is a project we do every year to give the jazz students the opportunity to play for dancers, and to give them a chance to play some of the music that is associated with the big band era. It is more fun for them if lots of people come and dance, so hope to see some of you there!

Happy Mothers Day!

Late by one day, but here is one for all you mothers!

Special guest on our ride to Cortland...

Well, he wasn't actually riding, but a certain someone did gush over him quite a bit so it kind of felt like he was along.

Finally

I finally had a Wednesday night off last night, so I could go to the teamFIRE ride. It was so great to also finally have a nice warm night on which to ride - reflected in the 20-25 riders who showed for the ride. The wind was out of the northwest, which is a bit unusual, but we headed south anyway on 14th street. Jendeluxe was running a bit late, so she met us by the RR tracks, and we cruised at 23-24 mph (with a tailwind) out to Saltillo, which we took west to SW 12th, and then bucked the wind out to Pioneers Park. The group had split up quite a bit by then, so at Denton road Kelly B. and I dropped out of the lead group and regrouped with the others. The second group then headed to Pioneers for a lap, after which Jen, Kelly, Matt and I booked it back to Old Cheney while others took the bike path home. It ended up being a very pleasant 30+ mile ride in beautiful weather. It was still nice and warm late in the evening, so in order to keep the true spirit of teamFIRE alive, Jen and I headed to Las Margaritas to finish the ride. Hopefully more of you can join us next time :).

Notice the complete lack of weenie or wussie accusations in the above post. I feel I am showing great restraint in this.

Nacholicious

The elusive Gravy and I rode out to Eagle to chow down on some nachos and brew Saturday night. The nachos were fantastic, the beer was frothing and cold and the ride back seemed to take only half as long.

We ended up having a nightcap or three while watching the Celtics-Bulls game, where I also pontificated on running vs. hitting a 90 mph fastball. It was intrigueing conversation, to say the least.

Great ride, Gravy. The rest of you are weenies.

Distracting Trumpet

FAC tonight!

meeting after work (5-ish) at Yia Yia's. Be there or we will talk about you.