Maria Varmazis’ blog

Posts Tagged ‘biking’

Discovering the Esplanade

Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Tags: , ,

Discovering the Esplanade

It’s been a while, or as we’d say in Japanese, ohisashiburi desu ne. Since last I wrote, the weather in Boston has turned from great to downright fabulous, oh, and I spent a fantastic vacation in Tokyo and Hong Kong.  Really I ought to just turn this into a photo blog and post highlights from my trip.
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T minus 2 days to Hub on Wheels

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 Tags: , , ,

T minus 2 days to Hub on Wheels

Ack, my bike is still not in prime shape and I have a 25-mile ride in two days for the Hub on Wheels! I’m hoping the bicycle fairy will fix my gear shift overnight or something. Somehow I doubt that’s going to happen, so tomorrow I’ll be in the basement with a multi-tool and greasy hands. Loads of swearing will follow, I’m sure of it, especially if the bike-related wonkiness is stemming from the derailleur. If anyone has a spare $1k lying around they’d like to donate to the buy-Maria-a-decent-bike fund, please paypal it over.
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