Woke up at 5:45am Chilled, ate ramen 7:30am hopped on the bike with Jacqui and rode down to Lincoln Park and the just-opened-for-the-season Green City Market Bought a bunch of delicious food for dinner, watched people and dogs, laid in the grass. Watched Mayor Daley congratulate the operators of the market (it's the 10 year anniversary--just like Ars!) Stopped at Trader Joe's to pick up some items for the mashed potatoes (and wine) Chilled out at home for a while. Around 12:30pm, rode our bikes down to Division/Damen, got some sandwiches from Jimmy Johns and ate lunch in Wicker Park ...
This past Saturday, Jacqui got herself a new bike. She wrote about our trip to the Village Cycle Shop in Old Town and her new bike, a Gary Fisher Wingra. While there, I picked up a wireless bike computer, because, well, I've wanted one for a while and VCS was having a Spring super sale. When I got it home, it was missing a piece. I got the piece replaced today after work and got it all hooked up. Only problem? The damn thing doesn't work! I've tried aligning the magnet in a billion different ways, moving the sensor up ...
Been messing around with our Flip a lot more. This is also my first foray into the wild world of iMovie 2008. Give me two and a half minutes and you too can make your own delicious, crispy, crunchy duck legs. Protip: pair with cheesy rice and broccoli or steamed vegetables Making crispy roast duck from Clint Ecker on Vimeo.
by Clint Ecker