Guess what I cooked yesterday.

Lunchtime Poetry

Hail Caesar!
The Most Versatile of Dressings

Thick and creamy,
A taste that's dreamy,
You coat my salad's greens.

You coat its fixin's,
You coat its mixins,
Its legumes and its beans.

There is no other creamy dress
That fits both fish and fowl --
For Ranch with salmon tastes a mess,
Bleu cheese with chicken, foul.

On veggie tops,
And leafy mops,
You add a zesty flair.

Oh Caesar,
Hail to Caesar!
You're the best damn dressing out there.

The Downieville Classic is my favorite holiday.

It's better than Christmas. It's better than the Fourth of July. And I know it's not technically a "real" holiday, but it feels like one. ;)

I had SO MUCH FUN as a volunteer at this year's race weekend. I got free food, free beer, free camping, a bear came right up to my tent and sniffed it -- while I was in it! -- in the middle of the night, I got to see all my friends cross the finish line (as I was tearing finish tags), I met so many nice people, saw The Saddle Tramps (since I didn't have to go to bed early cuz I wasn't racing), watched the River Jump competition (judged by celebrity bike people like Wade Simmons)...

AND... I won this in a raffle:


a $450 RockShox RVLATN -- a sweet fork that has over an inch more travel than my current Fox Float 100.

Downieville rocks! If I don't race it next year, I'm definitely going to volunteer again. Either way, I'm hooked on this race for life.

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