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Caption (above): In May we found out our good friend Rahim would be leaving SF and moving to Denver, Colorado after buying a home. He had a great showing for his going away party. Rahim will be greatly missed but he is quite the traveler so we hope to see him in SF and hope to visit him for snowboarding season!
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We had a great birthday meet-up for Roy’s birthday at La Mar Peruvian. It was a beautiful space and the food was excellent.
Caption (above): Whoa – cake looks like it was on fire. Happy birthday, buddy.
Caption (above): Pre-birthday drinks
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Caption (above): I have always wanted to get into mountain biking. If you think about it makes sense: I love biking and Marin county and Santa Cruz are the two hubs of mountain biking on the west coast. I went out for the first time with some of the guys to the Santa Cruz mountains. For our first ride we did Saratoga Gap.
Caption (above): The guys
Caption (above): My busted spoke. It cut my first ride short about 2 miles in.
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Going with mountain biking theme…decided to follow up my 1st mountain biking experience in Santa Cruz with biking in China Camp in Marin County. I was invited to an event called Ales and Trails. The idea is genius…and by genius I mean stupid but it works perfectly! Beer + mountain bike sounds like a recipe for a Darwin award but in this case it was a great day. Dozens of bike manufacturers let you demo their mountain bikes and they reward you with beer and a great bbq. Can’t go wrong.
Caption (above): Me demoing an awesome Carbon Marin bike I can’t afford.
Caption (above): Lunch!
Caption (above): Lindsay on her ride
Caption (above): Lots of bikes I can’t afford. So nice to try out though.
Link: http://www.alesandtrails.net/Home.html
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It has been my dream for a while to have a staff appreciation dinner for our full time staff and AmeriCorps volunteers. This year we were able to make it happen. We were fortunate enough to have it at Cookhouse. Cookhouse is a great venue for dinners in North Beach. You rent the kitchen space and it has everythin you need for a dinner party or engagement party.
</a>Caption (above): Everything you will need arranged in a very OCD manner.
Caption (above): Before the party
Caption (above): Staff having dinner
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For Memorial Day weekend we rolled down to Los Angeles to visit the family.
Caption (above): You can’t go wrong with ocean views on Malibu.
Caption (above): Lunch at Duke’s in Malibu.
Caption (above): Tandem bike in Santa Monica. Was great to have my mom bike with me for a good 10-15 miles.
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One of the challenges I’m working on this year is the Divis up or Shut Up Challenge.
See: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=1
The idea is they give you 30 minutes and you try to go up and down one of the steepest hills in SF. If managed 3.5 laps the first time. If you get a certain # of hills you get a shirt, long sleeve or jacket. I’m aiming for the long sleeve.
Caption (above): The view from the top of Divisadero
Caption (above): Fit group of folks
Caption (above): What you get for 5 laps
Caption (above): What you get for 10 laps
Caption (above): What 16 laps gets you
