tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-7222 2009-07-17T11:21:14-04:00 A chronicle of life and times in sunny NYC. Alive and (sorta) kicking since July 29, 2002. So far, so good. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce95e53ef0115721263d8970b 2009-07-17T11:21:14-04:00 2009-07-17T11:21:14-04:00 Laren - The weekend. - A lobster roll at the Brooklyn Flea. - Unloading a bunch of stuff to the Salvation Army to make space in my apartment. - Having my swim in the Hudson over and done with. - Rum...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=JOxi2LPuPFE:Ysv3EwOaJTE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=JOxi2LPuPFE:Ysv3EwOaJTE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce95e53ef0115720dd06b970b 2009-07-16T11:18:01-04:00 2009-07-16T11:18:01-04:00 Laren The NYC Tri is a mere 10 days away (7/26! Come watch!) and the nerves are starting to kick in. By Sunday, I'll have completed one more long bike, long swim, and long run, then I'm pretty much done except...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=4zv4LRLZMSQ:PyokrVW85t0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=4zv4LRLZMSQ:PyokrVW85t0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce95e53ef011571137b92970c 2009-07-15T07:48:56-04:00 2009-07-15T07:48:56-04:00 Laren Just a touch of color from my recent trip to the High Line.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=TktTM8pfeS4:if4z9D4yzWw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=TktTM8pfeS4:if4z9D4yzWw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce95e53ef011572004788970b 2009-07-14T09:53:00-04:00 2009-07-14T17:53:13-04:00 Laren You have Twitter friends. For whom you buy presents when you travel and who do the same for you. Who dedicate songs to you on Blip.fm, even if you haven't met them. Who make you smile. When this article totally...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=qethLaA0nPU:3IB4jeCG4n0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=qethLaA0nPU:3IB4jeCG4n0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce95e53ef011571fcbad9970b 2009-07-13T08:03:22-04:00 2009-07-13T08:03:22-04:00 Laren Photos from London and Bordeaux/Dordogne are up. The few photos from Paris, which are mostly food, are coming shortly. You can find them here. Enjoy!<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=UqAWp4160Og:bMPE7I87Dhw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=UqAWp4160Og:bMPE7I87Dhw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce95e53ef011571002a35970c 2009-07-11T11:53:05-04:00 2009-07-11T11:53:05-04:00 Laren After last night's 1 mile swim, I came home and made a small mushroom pizza for dinner and went to bed relatively early. At 7 a.m. I started my brick workout -- 1/2 mile run, 19 mile bike, 6 mile...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=dAUmuCvGr-I:U41RE0EMGnM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=dAUmuCvGr-I:U41RE0EMGnM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce95e53ef011571ebf8b1970b 2009-07-10T08:51:09-04:00 2009-07-10T08:51:09-04:00 Laren On one of my un-disciplined nights this week I had a fantastic Dark ‘n’ Stormy at White Star (@meredithmo and I were raising a glass while all of our cocktail Twitter buddies were down in NOLA; Jimmy joined us as...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=bpBplrW3fMM:bZ5sq0u5I1w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=bpBplrW3fMM:bZ5sq0u5I1w:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce95e53ef011570f08942970c 2009-07-09T08:09:00-04:00 2009-07-09T08:09:00-04:00 Laren It takes a decent amount of discipline to participate in a triathlon. I'm still shocked that I have managed to do it, frankly. But there are currently other areas in my life where I'm trying to be disciplined at the...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=VNN3U4bhNWY:W2-A1U6Yf2Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=VNN3U4bhNWY:W2-A1U6Yf2Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce95e53ef011571d9494b970b 2009-07-08T07:46:52-04:00 2009-07-08T07:46:52-04:00 Laren The NYC Triathlon is under three weeks away, so my training is kicking into the home stretch. The good news -- I completed a 6 mile run last night without walking a single step. I've never done this, even in...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=XTqsMLQqaSc:tDK4sn9BLbg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=XTqsMLQqaSc:tDK4sn9BLbg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce95e53ef011571d23e5b970b 2009-07-07T07:54:00-04:00 2009-07-07T07:54:00-04:00 Laren I arrived in London at about 5ish on Sunday and stupidly took the wrong bus to Rob and Sara's. After an hour and a half unexpected tour, for what should have been a 10 minute bus ride, I arrived at...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=vT11jvtGZl4:8pTv7UIPy2k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?a=vT11jvtGZl4:8pTv7UIPy2k:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sweetblogomine/goks?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div>