ride!

so this past weekend gavin and i went bike riding. not the normal bike riding though, we went 'mountain' biking. OK it wasn't a real mountain.. but it was rough bike trail.

we rented bikes and started simple on a nice paved bike route in a park. then we grabbed the bikes and went to a dirt trail we were told about. just like skiing they have the easy, medium and hard trails marked. we went for the easy one since I've never done anything like this.

holy...crap...

There were rocks and branches to ride over.. there were hills and not jumps really...but steep falls. This is a bike trail that our local bike shop helped build. So the trails are made for bikers. It was hard. We stopped a lot LOL .. but gavin was patient with me. I wish i would've taken more pics but i was busy trying not to fall.

After the hilly dirt ride we took the bikes and went to ride on another paved road...then we went to kings point by the water. 'Twas wicked. :)




Having a three day weekend was brilliant. We ended up staying home on monday and recovering. Telefunken in the sun room and (geek alert) playing witcher. Sigh.. i want more 3 day weekends....

sigh

So i had a bite of a bday cupcake at work this morning...only to find out that the red dye used was made from an insect.
Now, thankfully i had a bite and then threw it away before i found out...so it's not like a had a whole cupcake and was then told about the insect thing.

I tend to always watch what i eat.. check ingredient labels for gelatin and the like. But it occurs to me now that there are more and more ingredients (the kind with names you can't pronounce) that come from unexpected sources. I'm starting to think that my diet should become more on the natural side of things.
I'm not blaming my coworker for not telling me sooner.. i mean honestly it's not as if everyone thinks about these things all the time. Maybe i need to take it upon myself to be more aware of what goes into the items i consume. Either that or stick to fruits and vegetables to be on the safe side :\

camina....

anyone who knows me knows how much i love walking around the city.

I used to spend HOURS just roaming around the city...with no particular place to be or go...discover a new cafe...read a book in a park i hadn't been to before...eat at a restaurant i'd never tried.

Well, ever since gavin and i moved to the 'burbs i haven't really done that. Things have been hectic since last fall and only now seems to be slowing down.
So this weekend i walked. I wandered for hours...them met my mom and wandered some more...we had lunch a place we found...we talked and walked and laughed at how we both love and miss doing that.

Then i got home to gavin and was completely satisfied having had a relaxing Saturday with my mother in the city.

I know it's not exciting, it's not going to the tribeca film festival, or seeing a show, or gallery hopping or a club but somehow simply walking through the city was enough. I must remember to do that more often.