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Wharf to Wharf 2010

Reid — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:25:04 +0000

I participated in the Santa Cruz Wharf to Wharf this past Sunday. It was my second time and this time I did it with barely any training. I think the most I ran was 3+ miles at work on the treadmill. Well, I didn’t expect to beat any records. It was more to just do it, get a t-shirt, and donate some money to Santa Cruz athletic programs. Charlene, Ryan, Kolina, and I were up early – around 6AM to head out. We encountered barely any traffic until we headed into Santa Cruz. We lined up at the long long start line and stood around keeping warm and fake stretching.

When the starting gun went off we didn’t move at all; took us about 5+ minutes to get to the official start line, where the nice commentator told us the legitimate runners at the start were already past mile 1. The first few miles were pretty crowded – people who stood near the 7minute mile markers at the start were obviously walking. So, we finished the first mile in like 20 minutes. I kept chugging along and came in with a whooping time of 1:09:56. Now if you factor out the delay at the starting line, I’d like to think I was around the one hour mark. Or so I’ll say.

After finishing the run we took a shuttle from Capitola back to the car and ate at Cafe Brasil. Nothing like steak, egg, beans, and rice to fill you back up. Pretty sure that despite all of the exercise, I consumed many more calories than I burned. Thinking about making it 3x at Wharf to Wharf next year? Maybe. Anyone in??

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Wharf to Wharf 2010

Loco moco

Reid — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:51:11 +0000

For those who don’t know, this is rice with a Burger, over easy egg (thanks Evan!), and gravy on top. Thank you Hawaii! And work for serving this nap inducing entree.

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Loco moco

Since I said it would go up on my blog…

Reid — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:12:10 +0000

Time to vblog! Thanks to Wilmot for recording this gem:

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Since I said it would go up on my blog…

Retro camera app makes me take Hipster photos!

Reid — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:19:46 +0000

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Retro camera app makes me take Hipster photos!

Sunset Beach

Reid — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:25:41 +0000

I spent Sunday-Tuesday at Sunset Beach. Thanks for Wilmot and Lucy for organizing an excellent trip. We did some car camping, which meant little hiking and no high elevations to mess with your head. Plus, we had Omaha steaks, bratwursts, fresh fruit, eggs, bacon, tiramisu, and s’mores to eat. A highlight of traveling with these folks is that there is no substitue for the food – it’s always top notch!

I didn’t take any photos of it, but on Monday we biked the 17 mile drive. It was overcast and kinda cold, so we didn’t get any picturesque photos of the Lone Cypress. But then again, I don’t really get that tree anyway. It took us about 1 hr 50 minutes to bike out; on the way back Wilmot and I rode back to get the car to pick up Kolina and Lucy. Took us just 40 minutes (although I was pretty beat after the ride back) :)

Anyway, some photos! We spent an hour or two collecting kelp for our once dug-out hole in the ground. I was sleeping when all of the activity occurred, but awoke to take the photo:

From Sunset Beach Camping July 2010

Sunset at Sunset Beach

From Sunset Beach Camping July 2010

Fire at night

From Sunset Beach Camping July 2010

We drove back on Tuesday morning and since we made it back early, I came into work. Haha! Can use my vacation day some other time…like when we go to Washington D.C. in August!

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Sunset Beach

Hakone Gardens

Reid — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:46:16 +0000

This past weekend I went to Hakone Gardens. It was my first time and I thoroughly enjoyed the visit. I can see how it could be a really nice retreat or spot to relax and have some tea. I brought along my macro lens for the first time in ages and was pleased with how my photo turned out of a red dragonfly:

From SF Municipal Pier & Hakone Gardens 7_2010

It’s only $5 to enter. I highly recommend going!

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Hakone Gardens

Old Spice

Reid — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:06:15 +0000

I gotta hand it to Old Spice. They’ve taken social media marketing to the next level. In response to a Kevin Rose tweet about being sick comes a response from the Old Spice Man:

Or just random people:

How long can he keep it up?

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Old Spice

Mint’s new Goals Feature is pretty neat

Reid — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:30:14 +0000

I calculated (using some rough assumptions) that it would take me 4 years to buy a home. Now I’m depressed.

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Mint’s new Goals Feature is pretty neat

Fourth of July!

Reid — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:22:08 +0000

Was spent in Los Angeles. Focus was primarily on food, of which there was plenty. The highlight was easily the Alibi Room, which served some amazing kalbi tacos, fries, and quesadillas:

From Los Angeles 4th of July 2010

We also visited the Getty Villa. Roman art/sculptures aren’t really my cup of tea, but the villa itself is really pretty. I still think I prefer the Getty center, though.

From Los Angeles 4th of July 2010

For fireworks, we found a spot at the LA Coliseum. The fireworks were a plenty and really close. We got a lot of ash raining down on us and so much smoke made it tough to take photos. At least one kinda turned out:

From Los Angeles 4th of July 2010

What’s funny in retrospect is that someone forgot to turn off the sprinklers in the field. So, throughout the fireworks show (random parts of the crowd would suddenly disperse when the sprinklers went off. One went off right behind us, which soaked our towels. A fast-thinking guy next to us immediately stood on the sprinkler, which resulted in a huge pool to form. After giving most folks a fair warning that he was tired of standing in water, he ran away, which caused the sprinkler to again start to spray the audience. More chaos. Eventually another kind fellow took his cooler and sat on the sprinkler.

On the way back to the Bay Area, we stopped at EOS. Their wine was actually more expensive than what you could get at BevMo (thank you FroYo for working in the middle of nowhere), so we held off on their muscats. However, we did end up with 6 bottles of wine so the trip was worth it. We also took jumping photos!

From Los Angeles 4th of July 2010

Okay, picture dump over. Rode into work twice this week so I’m hoping to keep up that good habit. It’s the start of our third quarter so there’s a lot of opportunity for me to do some cool new stuff. I’m excited. Plus, my calendar isn’t nearly as full these days with meetings. I can get so much more stuff done without meetings I’m excited. Just bought tickets to Maroon 5 in October! Okay randomness over.

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Fourth of July!

Haha so cute

Reid — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:03:39 +0000

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Haha so cute