That’s Chris and I at my (parents) house for Leslie’s high school graduation. We’d been dating for three months!
Same day, different meal? And that’s Carrie’s head peeking out.
April or May of 1999 at my old apartment, 1961 Ford, in Cleveland.
I feel so old looking at these pictures! I scanned some into my computer last night working on a wedding related project. I mean, seriously, this was before digital photos 😉
Leslie and friends waiting on a street corner in Tempe, Arizona, for my dad.
There he is!
He even wore his American Southwest Bike Jersey in honor of the trip!
Leslie and Dad.
Eating breakfast.
And that’s the end of the line…
Want to review my dad’s trip? Here are my previous posts:
From South Carolina to Phoenix by bike
Cross Country solo bike trip, continued!
It’s crazy to think he’s done! I bet he is relieved to not have to ride back. Maybe Dad will get a 3340 sticker for his car now? Or a 3340 tattoo??
In my head I remembered this tweet as "Leslie and some bikers will ride out to meet me there" and had this whole Lord of the Rings inspired fantasy going on (like the riders of Rohan). But I see, looking at the tweet again, that Dad didn’t say "ride out". Oops. I THINK this is the end of the road for him, but I’m not 100 percent sure.
Dad at his cousin’s house in New Mexico. I’m trying to figure out if the top of his head actually has stripes, perhaps from his helmet, or if that is a trick of the light.
Oh, and I ran a 10K this morning.
Last night I played at Winter Opera’s Masquerade Ball. It was a four course meal at Dominic’s in Clayton with music in between the courses. Most of the music was singing of course, but Gina Galati (director and friend) asked if I could play with some of the other musicians for one of the sets.
I played with Tony (Antonio) and Jen. We did Haydn’s London Trio no 1. I was more nervous about talking than playing, but the talking went fine. I even made a joke that everybody laughed at! (We realized that Haydn was really light music compared to the Verdi and Puccini people were singing, so I said something about how I hoped they weren’t too upset by our repertoire choice being fairly lame in comparison. Everybody laughed.)
We tried for awhile to get a good photo. There were five photos with my eyes shut, and a couple with Jen laughing hysterically. This was our last try, and I suggested everybody try to look serious…I wanted to commemorate our not wearing running clothes or all black.
Cheesecake.
It was a masquerade ball. This mask was on the table so naturally I had to try it on.
It was a bad picture night. I took about ten and had other people take another ten. Everything was unusable…maybe I wasn’t terribly photogenic tonight. (I have to blame myself a little since my eyes were shut in quite a few of them.)
However, the performance was successful, I think, and the singers were fantastic! Overall it was very enjoyable.
Hard to believe! It’s been a long month since my dad was here…and he’s been on the bike the whole time. Leslie said he plans to be there Sunday morning.
I hope he bikes through “Top-Of-The-World”. The roads weren’t showing up well but if you go to the map you can zoom in and imagine what route he might take to Phoenix…
What’s going on in my life:
Running Stuff:
1. Sunday: Go! St Louis Halloween 10K. Probably not wearing a costume exactly, just a Halloween t-shirt and socks. Oh, and shorts. Just that the shorts won’t be Halloween themed.
2. Next Sunday: Rock and Roll Half Marathon. After this, then I’ll get another medal for running two Rock and Roll events in one year (Phoenix in January), woo hoo! Also Jen and a variety of people I know are running it! I might even have convinced Chris to come cheer along the course.
3. November 6: St Louis Track Club Half Marathon (it was super cheap to enter, maybe I’m mildly insane.)
4. November 20: St Louis Track Club Marathon Relay (STL people, I need one or two more runners to make a team of four! Email, tweet, or comment if you are interested!!)
Blog World Stuff:
1. I signed up for a “foodie pen pal” at the Lean Green Bean. I sent my package to my “pen pal” today and actually received mine in person the other day. I’ll explain it all on October 30, but it’s basically a food “care package” of your favorite stuff.
2. I’m participating in a bake sale at Running Ricig’s blog on October 30 to raise money for charity. I’ll be donating a loaf of my “world famous” pumpkin bread.
3. I volunteered to be a cookbook tester for “Melt: the Art of Macaroni and Cheese.” Basically I will get a recipe or two and try them out at home. This seemed like a no-brainer—I love macaroni and cheese, especially cheese, and I’ll get a credit in the cookbook.
4. I sent a little package to Jordan at Food, Sweat, and Beers today as well. I might be getting something from her in a few days as well. I’ll probably tell you about this later too.
Other fun stuff:
1. Chris’s cousin is getting married in the Bronx and we are going, yay! I have new shoes and new earrings, but a dress I’ve worn before. Not in the Bronx though.
2. Mark and Julia’s Pumpkin Party is coming soon. I mention this simply because of my great love of all things pumpkin.
3. Ben Folds concert with the St Louis Symphony.
4. Chamber Project St Louis has two more concerts coming up, November 3 and 4. Come out to see us play, St Louis readers. I’m only on the second half this time, playing a Mozart Piano Quartet, which means I will be less stressed out and more likely to be able to say hello.
5. I’m getting MARRIED on January 2. (Oh, you already knew that? Hmm.)