From last nights Crit in Austin’s Driveway Series
Hold your line or you’ll be sorry… from Jim Hungerford on Vimeo.
That Was Then
We owned a Luncheonette just outside the gate of an army base and it was also the end of the line for the public buses. In the 40’s and 50’s at around 11:30 PM, my parents would begin cooking and wrapping hamburgers in wax paper. Soon the buses filled with soldiers would arrive and after drinking too much, they would stop into our place and order hamburgers. Four, five, six at a time. They were drunk and in a hurry to get back on base before the midnight curfew. You could say, we were one of the first fast food burger joints. Being the industrious sort, my father also had a couple of spare bedrooms upstairs and hired really good looking waitresses, if you get my drift. In the 40’s and 50’s my family was pretty well off. Continue reading “That Was Then”
Night Ride To Yoga
It was a chilly and windy ride into the city for Yoga. The yoga leader decided to do core work this evening. It hurt soooo good.
Although the ride to the city was chilly, the ride home was very cool. A full moon, clear sky and the wind at my back made the ride home a joy. I tried taking a few shots of church steeples with the full moon and sky as a backdrop but I could not hold still enough to take a night shot. I only got one. One of the others is the old Vocational school built with the design of a manufacturing mill. They certainly had different ideas about education back then.
So. A Seventeen Piece Jazz Orchestra Walks Into A Bar
From the Wareham Courier April 13, 2014
So, a 17-piece jazz orchestra walks into a bar …
That’s it. No joke.
It might be an unlikely place to find such a large ensemble, but turns out Gilda’s Stone Rooster on the Marion/Wareham line is one of the best places to play.
Musicians from the Southcoast Jazz Orchestra, which makes regular appearances at Gilda’s on 27 Wareham Road in Marion, say they can feel the difference when they perform there.
“You can hear every single instrument in here with the low ceiling and carpeted floors,” Marcus Monteiro, a teacher at Music of the Bay in Wareham and leader of his own four-piece quartet, Monteirobots, said.
It might be an unlikely place to find such a large ensemble, but turns out Gilda’s Stone Rooster on the Marion/Wareham line is one of the best places to play.
The SJO, started in 2009 by trumpeter Bob Williamson and drummer Neil Sylvia, is a traditional 17-member jazz band with trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and a rhythm section.
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One Minute Video
The One Minute video. It’s simple — no camera movement, no editing, only existing sound, one minute long.
There Is A Storm A Brew’n
The forecast ranges from three to eight inches of snow. It’s very difficult to predict snowfall amounts for coastal communities because of the ocean effect. Ten miles inland, the weather people are within millimeters of accumulation. By the end of the week, there will probably be no evidence that it ever snowed. It will be back to bike riding weather in the 50s and 60s.
Sunday is one of my days to ride my bike into the city for Yoga. It’s part of the city’s wellness initiative and every few weeks the a new yogi does the sessions. Sarah, who finished today practiced Forrest Yoga. It was pretty demanding, and if I was doing that at home I would have moaned and grunted. A lot. However, I’m the only male in the class so I have to represent, if you know what I mean. No complaining. Continue reading “There Is A Storm A Brew’n”
Let the Easter Season Begin
The Equinox, (equal night), is the beginning of the Easter season. The first Sunday following the first full moon after the equinox is Easter. The celebration of new and abundant life. The lily represents the new life and the rabbit, abundant life.
For some cultures, the start of spring is considered a time of rebirth and renewal. And some religious holidays are timed to be celebrated after the spring equinox, including Easter and Passover
Happy Spring Equinox
Today’s Ride
Not much to say about this standard route of mine.
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I’ll let the pictures do the talking.
Bike Tour of Cape Cod and The Islands
It’s a done deal. I’ll be touring locally this summer by riding Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and and outside chance of adding Nantucket.(probably a day trip). It’s still in the planning stage and I’m thinking this will be a six day tour.
Texas Bike Racing
Tilt Racing Team
Brandon is a member of the newest racing team in Austin. Tilt Racing. He has come a long way from that youngster who had a difficult time riding the NYC Five Boroughs Tour in 2008.
October in Austin is a great time and with free room and board, it’s also a wonderful vacation spot.
