Boulder to London

So I’m hanging out at 30,000 feet in Virgin Atlantic’s upper class cabin. What I love about Virgin is that they take care of all the small things. The driver picks you up, drops you off at a private check in, they shuttle you through to the lounge and shower you with service the entire [...]

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Upon arrival in Peso da Regua, we promptly found the expo. It was quite possibly the worst expo I’ve ever been to as I don’t think there a single vendor of sports or running equipment, no swag bag was given out, and it took a bit of effort to figure out where we were supposed [...]

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Last weekend, Melisse and I enjoyed a fabulous 4 day weekend in Portugal.  We spend Friday in Porto before hiring (renting) a car and driving to Peso Da Regua located on the Douro River for the Douro Valley Half Marathon.  We spent Saturday and Sunday in and around Peso Da Regua before driving back along [...]

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Please check out the Ma-Ma website and donate to support DJ and healthcare in Africa!

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As many of you may be aware from my facebook comment last week, I’ll be in NY for the summer.  While there was some speculation that I am fed up with London and have quit my job to be a hot dog vendor at the new Yankee’s Stadium, the truth is that we won a [...]

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As a follow up to my post a few weeks ago linking to the headline on the sex boycott in Kenya,  here is a follow up story:
Sex-starved Kenyan sues over boycott

I guess the tactic was successful in at least one household!

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Sorry about the sparse updates…I’ve had a fairly busy couple of weeks. Hopefully more to come on that later next week.
Sailing school turned out to be good fun. I was with a group of 4 others, Alistair, Helen, Candice and Ferris. Alistair and Helen are married and live about 100 yards from us in Clapham. [...]

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I passed as an RYA Day Skipper!

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Women’s group organizing Kenyan sex strike

I guess if that’s what it takes to get things done…

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I’m about to head off to my second of a 2-weekend long course on sailing.  As usual, I did minimal research before signing up and later realised that I should have done a shore based course prior to the practical course to cover a few things that will eventually be important (navigation, tidal calculations, etc).  [...]

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