The search is over!

Quick weekend recap:

- Flew out to SF on Friday night
- Went out for a few drinks in the Haight with a good friend from college
- Early start...breakfast and some coffee and then rented a bike to get from apartment to apartment
- One "no show" (Thanks a lot!)...One dump and then an awesome place at Nob Hill (this ended up the winner!)
- Calamari & Chips and a Corona at Tarantino's in Fisherman's Wharf
- Quick rest and research apartments on Craigslist.com
- Return bike rental and walked around Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39 some (saw the sea lions)
- Zach from college (living in Sacramento) came in for the night
- Mas Sake for dinner
- Night out hitting the Marina bars followed by a late night diner
- Sunday morning - meet the rest of the roommates and got "accepted" (very exciting moment)
- Zach and I just grabbed lunch and enjoyed the sites while walking around by the bay
- Flight home

I know everyone gets excited about a new place and then it wears off after a while...I don't think that's going to happen to me and San Francisco. The city is amazing and there is just so much to do. My roommates are very cool and I'm really excited to move in. Nob Hill is a great area of SF and is close to everything (work, Chinatown, North Beach, Russian Hill...the city is really only about 7x7 miles)

I still call it OLN...

Found this VS schedule at the Road Mag blog...

March 11 & 18 Paris-Nice 5 p.m. ET
April 1 Criterium International 5 p.m. ET
April 8 Tour of Flanders 7 p.m. ET
April 15 Paris Roubaix 5 p.m. ET
April 22 Amstel Gold 5 p.m. ET
Sat. April 28 Tour of Georgia (one-week delay) 5 p.m. ET
April 29 Tour of Georgia (one-week delay), Liege Bastongne Liege 5 p.m. ET
Highlights of La Fleche Wallone (one-week delay)
June 17 & 24 Tour de Suisse 5 p.m. ET
July 7 – 29 Tour de France Varies

San Francisco Treat

I've been an Illinoisan for 30 years now...born and raised in a suburb of Chicago (Naperville), college at Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale (Go Saluki's!!!) and then back up to Chicago for the past 7 years...it's time for a change.

I've taken a new job in San Francisco at Active Athlete Media, starting in just a few weeks (very exciting company with a ton of potential in the online advertising world I love). I can't wait for both, the move and the job. The picture above is the Golden Gate Bridge (I know you know it by sight), but this bridge is going to be very important to me...It's just a quick dart across to some absolutely amazing riding.

The "Watt Off"

The Get a Grip grand opening party was a huge success! There were easily a few hundred people hanging out throughout the night (barely even elbow room for a while). It was a ton of fun and many of my teammates and I got our first look at our new team frames, Custom painted Cannondale System Six's!

The party was great...beer and drinks were flowing, Tulio (shop dog) was stealing cheese and meat cubes and they raffled off some amazing prizes.

So, onto the "watt off" ---- What happens when you get a bunch of cyclists together, feed them lots of drinks and have access to a power meter? Someone comes up with the great idea that we should have a "watt off" to see who can put out the highest wattage (great idea). Kevin tossed a set of flat pedals on the Serotta size cycle and we gave the trainer a bit of resistance. Then 1x1 we all flexed a little muscle and egos soared. My teammate Chipper gained the title at the end of the night, he is now the size cycle watt champion! Congrats!

Quote of the night "It was above the rim!" (yes, there was a Seinfeld moment)

Thanks and congrats to the Get a Grip crew for putting on such an awesome (and eventful) grand opening party!

Can my road bike do this?

Tricky Fixie

My Detroit Playas

A video the Detroit MSN Sales Team put together...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GJ-UvmASPI