Monthly Archives: February 2007

The Courtyard Marriott in Long Beach gets a solid thumbs-up, four out of a possible five stars. Here’s the breakdown: Check-In: A-plus. Only 68 seconds elapsed between the moment I entered the lobby and the moment I exited, key in … Continue reading →

The Phoenix Sports crew had a group dinner tonight at California Pizza Kitchen in Long Beach. Naturally, the place was filled with biking people. Fred’s friend Vincent, who is a mechanic for Discovery, came by the table and told us … Continue reading →

This morning I discovered I was two pairs of underwear short of making the flight on Monday wearing clean drawers. Today’s calculus: Cost to have one pair of underwear laundered at the Hyatt Valencia in Santa Clarita: $4.00 Cost of … Continue reading →

Santa Clarita is my favorite town in the Tour of California. Why? It’s the simple things. Last night when we arrived, I was so destroyed, the only things I cared about were, in order, a room key, a long hot … Continue reading →

Greetings from Santa Clarita California. We’re back in a nice hotel, a Hyatt. A Stephen Colbert Wag of the Finger, however, to the management here at the hotel. They must have known there would be 300 tired, pissed-off people checking … Continue reading →

Last night we arrived in Solvang for the decisive Time Trial. Solvang is a weird place, best described as “Little Denmark”. It looks like a contingent of Danes settled this area many years ago, and have kept their spiritual ties … Continue reading →

I just saw one of the guys from AEG responsible for producing the GPS TourTracker on AmgenTourOfCalifornia.com. He had a long face. Apparently, as CSC, Adobe, and AEG were struggling yesterday with throughput issues, cellular coverage issues, and bandwith issues, … Continue reading →

http://www.madonnainn.com/tour/209.asp Last night sucked. After the San Jose stage finished, we had a 5-hour drive ahead of us, to San Luis Obispo. We stopped in Monterrey for dinner out on the pier, which was nice. We arrived in SLO well … Continue reading →

When I was a little kid, I saw a movie with my parents entitled “If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium”. It left an impression on me, because 40 years later, I still remember parts of it. Today is Thursday, … Continue reading →

I remember once reading an article by Eric Heiden, one of the most amazing overachievers in sports history. Heiden won a bunch of Olympic gold medalsin speed skating at Lake Placid, then won a bunch of US and World Championships … Continue reading →