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Spring Riding Starts, Center Ride Coming This Fall

The Spring 2012 riding season officially got underway for me Saturday morning with a ride out to the Police Station in Alpine, NJ. I’d been commuting to work, temperature/weather permitting, since early March, but this was the first distance ride of the...

2011: Year in Review

This was a good year. There’s no other way to put it. Here’s a look back at some of the stellar moments from 2011. Several of the items are linked to the blog posts where I originally blogged about them. Legally Married: After 16 years of being together,...

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: Handling Ronald

Thanksgiving morning was thrilling. Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV as a kid I never expected to see the parade in person. Then in 1999, Will and I spent our first Thanksgiving in New York, and, even tough he had to work, I went to the parade....

Macy’s Parade Prep! Thanksgiving Starts on 81st Street

I’ll be up and out of the house before dawn on Thanksgiving morning so I can get ready to escort Ronald McDonald down the route of the 85th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. How did I end up escorting a balloon? The Flying Goats had the highest per-person...

Braking the Cycle 2011 Video

It’s been five weeks since Braking the Cycle and this week there was a reunion party to allow everyone a chance to get together, hear updates about the fundraising for 2011, get some previews on 2012 and see the video Black Watch Productions put together for...