08.31.06:
feels like autumn already.

08.30.06:
tablecloth, svea restaurant in andersonville. one day I'll look into these swedish horses that thrive in the neighborhood.

08.29.06:
guess I'm on the trainer today.

08.28.06:
young's luxury double chocolate stout. comes with a free, etched pint glass.

08.27.06:
fullerton station. I forgot that the red line skips diversey so I had to backtrack on the brown line.

08.26.06:
sherman park criterium in the south side of chicago.

08.25.06:
drying my kit for tomorrow's race.

08.24.06:
lakefront path and fullerton—the usual rendezvous for this season's recovery rides. with fall coming up, it gets this dark by the time we are done.

08.23.06:
brown line station, on my way home from my first game of pool in over a year.

08.22.06:
my two favourite labits.

08.21.06:
argyle street. a doorway I've never noticed next to my building.

08.20.06:
passenger on a red line train heading south.

08.19.06:
downers grove national championships 2006—got pulled from both races I entered. I need a faster bike.

08.18.06:
tried chocolate soy milk with my peanut butter cereal. kinda like peanut butter cups. kinda.

08.17.06:
broke the last of three park tool bike levers. finished the job with the levers from my multi-tool and that turned out to be much, much better. go figure.

08.16.06:
breakfast.

08.15.06:
hairbrush, from the days when I had hair to brush.

08.14.06:
coffee-filter, mcgyver style.

08.13.06:
tsk. first thing I did to my new frame is crimp the seat tube. I guess that is why I upgraded to steel.

08.12.06:
cho sun ok—korean barbecue on lincoln avenue. I had to handle each toothpick to style the shot.

08.11.06:
gave the ciocc a good cleaning before taking it apart and retiring the frame. it received a pretty nice dent on the top tube at a practice crit a few weeks ago.

08.10.06:
stainless ceiling at the hopleaf. belgians have a talent for using butter, beer, and batter for every bit of food. they also brew the best beer. I felt big and bloated by the time they brought the bill.

08.09.06:
waiting for lunch at the lebanese place near clark and foster.

08.08.06:
the exterior wall of a bar called man's country in andersonville.

08.07.06:
red line berwyn station, on my way down to the team meeting.

08.06.06:
my riding glasses after a long ride in the rain.

08.05.06:
statuary on clark near foster avenue. for some reason that place attracts mosquitoes.

08.04.06:
chores—draining bleach water from the tub.

08.03.06:
uh-oh. the goo gone found its way to our wooden floor by means of a dirty rag.

08.02.06:
advertisement on the corner of argyle and broadway.

08.01.06:
a puddle next to the courtyard entrance to our apartment. it's been there all summer—dripped from the ac unit three floors above.