tweed run 2010

rue des martyrs, paris.

was given a bottle of root recently, made from a root tea (pre-rootbeer) recipe. good stuff, nice looking too.

why a salad costs more than a big mac. via fff.

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went to milan yesterday for 5 hours, the view of the alps was worth the trip.

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great bar end brakes, nice tape, and usefull rack.

thanks laurel!

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josé luis rodríguez zapatero, the spanish prime minister, and family visited the white house last week. top photo real, rest found on current. thanks rosie!

found last weekend at a brocante in the 18th

found in paris.

vintage REI survival gear in can

quoddy gets a new website and adds a couple of new styles, including the maliseet oxford. i think i liked the old gum and shoestring site they had before. at least when you went online to find the customer service number (to leave your 3rd unanswered message about the shoes you ordered 6 months prior) [...]

madsen is making some pretty cool rear load cargo bikes. click here to help me win one

campfires and the arts of bushcraft flickr pool

“70 year-old Buddhist monk Hua Chi has been praying in the same spot at his temple in Tongren, China for over 20 years. His footprints, which are up to 1.2 inches deep in some areas, are the result of performing his prayers up to 3000 times a day. Now that he is 70, he says [...]