Taking a stroll in the old hood. Dinner at Tachibana and then dessert at Tara's Ice Cream. Really interesting flavors. I ended up getting Chocolate, Turkish Coffee, and Tasmanian Honey. Wife got Sage, Saffron, and Pink Peppercorn. I even tried Lemongrass! Not my favorite but interesting to see the experimentation.
News came today that Byron Scott was fired from the 3-6 Hornets. Kind of a surprise but it's indicative of what elite teams are willing to do to right the ship. Contrast that with mediocre teams like the W's or Clippers who stick by inept coaches and GM's far too long. In the end, I think all big decisions start with ownership. Donald Sterling and Chris Cohan are too stubborn/stupid to realize they are the reasons their teams aren't good.
Not sure why DeSean Jackson is repping Long Beach Poly when he played 3 great years of college football at Cal. Ingrate.
UPDATE: Just read on Wikipedia that his dad died of pancreatic cancer earlier this year, so I retract my ingrate comment. Still, not sure why he couldn't have given props to Berkeley.
So I'm back on the bike today. My short term schedule will be Mon, Wed, and Fri with basketball on Tues. Once I'm in better shape, I'll add Thurs to the mix. Bad news was about 15 minutes into the ride, it starts to drizzle. Not a ton of rain but enough to fog up my glasses which was a pain.
Good news though is that I found a new route to work which has fewer cars. I basically hit Webster at 51st and ride it all the way down to about 29th Street where Webster hits Broadway. I then cut over to Telegraph till it ends at about 16th Street. I went down Clay the first time around but that had its issues. Today, I went two streets over to MLK and took that all the way down to 2nd. Far fewer cars but slightly longer. Also there's a nasty little hill on Webster by the hospital. No worries though, in time, I'll be able to power through it.