I need stronger thumbs
I was going to go to Harris Cyclery in W. Newton yesterday to check out what they have for fixie/ss bikes, but as I was pumping up the tires (after more than 2 weeks off the bike) and the front tire was completely flat. So I pumped it up and had lunch. And it was flat again.
*sigh*
This really is the year of the flat.
So I didn’t make it to Harris. I fixed the tube last night. My thumbs hurt today. Getting these tires on is a chore.
If the tube holds up until lunchtime, I’ll be heading out there today. The question now is whether to go after lunch or go for some my-T-fine BBQ while I’m there.
Really, is there a choice?
As an aside, I ordered about $50 worth of tubes from Performance Bike today. These $7.00 each tubes from my LBS are getting way too expensive when Performance sells the same thing for 3/$12.
October 19th, 2005 at 11:45 am
Update: just received an e-mail from my client saying their web server will be down from 11:30 to 1:00. So, since I can’t do any work from 11:30 to 1:00, I guess you know what that means? BBQ here I come!
October 19th, 2005 at 2:53 pm
Damnit, Todd…
Ever since you told me about your new Shuttle, I’ve been fighting the urge. It’s not easy to resist shiny new hardware!
October 19th, 2005 at 2:55 pm
Ooh! It came this morning!! It’s sitting in a box in the living room!!! It’s calling me!!!! I’ll put it together tonight after I stick the Dell in the closet!!!!!
It shore is perdy.
October 19th, 2005 at 3:12 pm
LUCKY!! ;^)
For all the hemming and hawing I do, I think I’m more likely going to upgrade the RAM in my present system and be done with it. I’ve been at 256M ever since 256M was considered a lot. The last time I did a major PC hardware upgrade might have been to play Quake III.
October 19th, 2005 at 3:15 pm
Yeah, but that wouldn’t be NEW and SHINY!
October 20th, 2005 at 7:35 am
Oh, I ate at that place on Saturday. It was pretty good. (Though being from Nashville, I really miss dry barbeque with vinegar and you know where this opinion leads…). I was bumming that I ate too much grits and so was too full to try the pecan pie. Though I guess that means next time I am out at Harris, I’ll be eating pie and trying the hotlinks! It is a bonus situation for the spin out to Harris.
I noticed a fancy looking pizza place (branding wise) in Netwtonville that might be worth checking out, and it seems like there is plenty to eat/find in Nonatum (neighborhood just north of W. Newton). I’ve stopped a few times at a bakery there mainly for the bakers swell accent and wedding cookies. I guess it is really apparent that I bike to eat.
Considering treking to the Lobster Place you recommended on the North Shore this weekend. And one more thing: the Publik House in Washington Square currently is serving fried pumpkin ravioli. Sounds interesting, eh?
October 20th, 2005 at 11:38 am
re: BBQ.
I’m not quite sure what you mean by “dry” barbecue with vinegar. The other place with good BBQ is Redbones in Davis Square. Redbones is a definite Carolina style BBQ (complete with slaw & pickles on top). While I like the BBQ better at Blue Ribbon, I especially like Redbones because they’re so cycling friendly. I came here from Florida, so this is much closer to what I’m used to. The Blue Ribbon style (in spite of their claim to be Carolina style) is, in my mind, much more KCMO style. And as much as it pains me to say it, Blue Ribbon has the better beans by far.
I’ve never stopped in Newtonville or Nonantum, though I pass through Nonantum on the way to W. Newton. It looks like a sort of generic ‘burb to me.
I haven’t been to Washington Square in ages.
The Lobster place (Browns) is very good but it’s just a clam shack (although a big one). Just remember to go inside to get the steamed stuff, and inside inside to get the lobster. Don’t stand in the lines outside, that’s all for fried things. It’s not big on atmosphere, but it has a nice view of the saltmarsh and nuclear plant!