We had a wonderful evening Sunday night with Doreen's friend Michael, his partner Jeff, and their son Patrick. They live up in the hills towards the north of town, in a spectacular home.
Monday morning, we got up again and had breakfast at the hotel.
Then we decided that we were going to rent a tandem bicycle and ride over to the Intellegentsia Coffee Shop in Venice Beach. They are quite famous (though their HQ is in Chicago) and I wanted to try their espresso.
So we wandered on over to the bike rental place, where I made an idiot of myself, and almost broke my nose.
We picked out a tandem, and I since I am pretty tall, I wanted to see how bad it would be to ride it. I tried to get on it like I do my regular bike. I put my left foot on the left pedal, get the bike gliding, and the swing my right leg over the saddle. The first time I tried, my foot hit the back handlebar.
At that point, both Doreen and the rental guy said, "Stop, you can't do it that way"
But of course, I knew better. I just had to swing my leg higher. I tried again, and the next thing I knew, the concrete bike path was rapidly coming at my face. There was nothing I could do to stop it, so I broke my fall with my nose. It crunched.
It also bled, both inside and out. And I stubbed my toe, skinned both knees, and got road rash on my right hand.
It was painful, but I learned a valuable lesson. When Doreen tells me to do something, I have to do it immediately and without question.
Eventually, we did rent TWO bikes (easier) and made it up to Intelligentsia. The coffee was good, but I think mine is better. At least it tasted better with the residual taste of blood running down my throat.
We then drove to LAX
and flew home.
It was a nice trip:
Monday morning, we got up again and had breakfast at the hotel.
Then we decided that we were going to rent a tandem bicycle and ride over to the Intellegentsia Coffee Shop in Venice Beach. They are quite famous (though their HQ is in Chicago) and I wanted to try their espresso.
So we wandered on over to the bike rental place, where I made an idiot of myself, and almost broke my nose.
We picked out a tandem, and I since I am pretty tall, I wanted to see how bad it would be to ride it. I tried to get on it like I do my regular bike. I put my left foot on the left pedal, get the bike gliding, and the swing my right leg over the saddle. The first time I tried, my foot hit the back handlebar.
At that point, both Doreen and the rental guy said, "Stop, you can't do it that way"
But of course, I knew better. I just had to swing my leg higher. I tried again, and the next thing I knew, the concrete bike path was rapidly coming at my face. There was nothing I could do to stop it, so I broke my fall with my nose. It crunched.
It also bled, both inside and out. And I stubbed my toe, skinned both knees, and got road rash on my right hand.
It was painful, but I learned a valuable lesson. When Doreen tells me to do something, I have to do it immediately and without question.
Eventually, we did rent TWO bikes (easier) and made it up to Intelligentsia. The coffee was good, but I think mine is better. At least it tasted better with the residual taste of blood running down my throat.
We then drove to LAX
and flew home.
It was a nice trip:
except for the tandem.
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