Late summer in Philly (really...so late?)

Shabbat dinner at Emma's house with lots of singing and tasty food.
Lovely dinner setting I arrived to after work on Friday.
Jenn and Cat at a pool party :)
Cat at Flaming Lips concert at Philadelphia's outside concert venue at Penn's Landing. The concert began with the lead singer rolling out onto the crowd in a giant, clear bubble.
There were clouds of confetti and gelatenous baloons six feet accross that filled the sky
and I was there with friends after going to a very tasty Indian restaurant in Fishtown. Then it began to pour and we played in the rain storm far after the band stopped playing and then I biked home in flooded streets.
The next morning Ram and I drove out to Downingtown with the primary goal of testing the water termperature of the lake we will be going the triathlon swimming in on Sept 20
After putting our feet in the water and scoping out the nearby trails - the trip was deemed a success and we headed home.

Running hard

I have been learning a new job at work for the last 5 weeks, and have been training 6 days a week for my first triathlon. The swimming and biking have been really fun and becoming a manager certainly gives me lots of new things to think about but I am looking forward to creating more space.
...although this ride on the carousel during lunch was pretty lovely.

I rode as many different animals as possible. Jumping off, running to the next one, and hopping on, in addition to the twirling and the galloping animals was a lovely break in the day.
This is me in the rest room at Sabrina's cafe. I figured my sis would appreciate this mirror. I had a mahi mahi lettuce wrap with mango sauce.
Here is a glass orb on a metal petastol during a Chinese dynasty around 1600AD. I went to the art museum yesterday and am looking forward to the Picasso exhibit coming soon.

I am headed now to Philadelphia's "First Baptist Church" as part of 2009 Spirituality Tour. I am hoping for some good singing :) After that, over to Ram's for some more work on the joint painting we've been working on for several months...so many yellow ovals.

Leftover Cali and late July in Philly

Donner lake from Uncle Tim's dock
Sis and cat in uncle Tim's kayaks - yay
sam and I get brunch at one of my favorite hidden gardens / art gallery: the art alliance
Went to a Phillies game with Sam and two of his close friends - awesome seats in the shade on the second mezzanine
Hi Jenn! hi Dan!
I own Phillies shirt.

Hiking, Kayaking, Swimming and Horseshoes

Boston, Ithaca and the Jersey Shore

Happy Memorial Day

This blog is dedicated to my grandfathers and father who served our country in the U.S. Air Force as career officers:
James Allen: cartographer and photographer behind enemy lines during WWII and the Vietnam war; fought anacondas in the jungle
Roy Tweedie: pilot and pilot instructor during WWII and the Vietnam war; could locate every switch in over 30 different kids of planes with his eyes closed.
William Tweedie: head of air force hospital construction in the western hemisphere; was an inspirational leader to many young officers and loved his job.

American flag on Main street in Manayunk, where I had lunch yesterday.
3 weekends ago: Frankki and I at a hip restaurant in DC. We spent the next day walking around beautiful DC and Georgetown with our dear friend Kirk.

Sam and I visit Philly's Japanese garden in Fairmount park...
Two weekends ago: 180 mile relay race from Woodstock NY to the Bronx. (This is a picture of van #2 before our first set of legs)
Van #2 in the middle of the second leg...wow - running by yourself in the middle of the night without lights except the stars above you and the ones attached to your body is pretty amazing.
Van #2 before our third and last set of legs...everyone is feeling pretty tight and funky by this point in the race.
Victorious team finish...we have yet to discover how tired and sore we actually are. 181 miles in 25h 40min!
This weekend: Catherine and Sam walk along the Forbidden Drive
...and skipping stones...to varying degrees of competency...

Look! Cat got her ears pierced yesterday for the first time! I went to the best place in Philly where workers had metal balls implanted in their arms to look more reptilian, tattoos under their hair and on their faces, and of course tremendous discs in their earlobes. The woman piercer who did my ears seemed was very friendly! She moved to Philly a year ago from CA since Infinity Piercing is famous and it was a good career move...

10 miles in 83 min :)

The weather was a perfect 55deg for the whole race and overcast and drizzly ...I felt very good about the medal I received at the end, even though they gave it all 27,000 runners

Hammock amazingness incarnate. I have been dragging around this baby since spring break freshman year in college to Puerto RicoFirst trip of the year to the beach:)
...and my maiden voyage of kitchen sink clog fixes. Good news: I now own a monkey wrench. Bad news: I cannot claim to have successfully fixed a kitchen sink. Good news: I need a pipe snake :) and I will name him Peety and we'll be friends for ever and ever.