Day after Thanksgiving...32 degrees - 30 miles on the bike!

So there wasn't anyone on the road today; I think I was the only crazy one out this a.m.! The cables on my bike keep making very strange noises, creaking snapping sound...I just had it serviced...maybe it's Old Man Winter doing a number on them...or perhaps my bike has acquired a language, finally...

Ok, I went to lock my bike to parking meter in Lakeview...and half of them are gone...I was like, wha...?

Ah yes, and I was yelled at by an angry driver - for apparently just being on a bike, in the bike lane...I kept looking around...I'm all, who is he yelling at? I looked at him, who are you yelling at? And it was ME! Hilarious. I wished him Happy Thanksgiving - hope he's nicer to his family/friends/the cooked turkey - than he was to me...and my bike!

Listening to: Sufjan Stevens Xmas Cd, Bjork Homogenic, Jeremy Messersmith Silver City, Iron & Wine The Shepherd's Dog

Went to the Las Manos Gallery in Andersonville to see my friend Doug Stapleton's show (it's in the back - you'll miss it if you don't venture through the gallery) - amazing work...!

Reading, Thinking Shakespeare by Barry Edelstein, what a book :) I feel...smarter ;)

And the best part, Thanksgiving with good friends!

muggy wet ride!

First day on the blog.

Great ride into work today - humid as all get out. I was sweating so bad it was pouring out of my helmet as I bent down to cable my front wheel and secure my lock to the rack. Saw some fast bike commuters going north on the clark this a.m., toward Evanston on some sweet bikes... I always know if I see them too close to Howard, and not more south on Clark...I am running late!

Made great time, even with a little headwind - on the new bike.

Rained so hard on my bike yesterday, the paint looks brand new...and it's 32 years old!

Top songs on the ride:
"Top Ranking" - Blonde Redhead
"Crime" - Temposhark
"The Needle has Landed" - Neko Case
"Float On" - Modest Mouse
"Middleman" - Bright Eyes

18 miles today