Francesca on February 18th, 2009

Went to Revolution Cycles on Saturday and got a professional fitting done. It was a bit pricey at $150 but considering the money I’m dropping on this bike, I wanted to make damn sure it fit well. Once the bike arrives and I build it up, they’ll help me adjust the relevant bits to achieve [...]

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Francesca on February 11th, 2009

An old school friend, actress & playright Elyse Ribbons, caught the CCTV tower fire in Beijing on camera. I can’t believe that such small fireworks could cause a huge building like that to go down. Watch for the explosions at the end. Craziness.

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Francesca on February 10th, 2009

So I’ve been having some interesting conversations with people about public vs private conversations and blogging. I haven’t publicized this blog much at all but when I mention it, many people’s reactions are fairly negative.
“Why in God’s name would you put your personal business out there?”
“Don’t you know that people will find it and read [...]

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Francesca on February 5th, 2009

Last Saturday I hiked 20 miles through DC from Clarendon Va (where I live) to College Park MD (where I used to live). I was inspired by the Howie Bivy Bag Challenge, which required participants to hike out their front door, stay gone for 36 hours, and cover 30 miles. While sleeping in a [...]

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