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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Man-Powerin' Across Michigan was a success! My bike ride started in Chicago at around 10:30AM on Friday, May 7 and finished up in downtown Detroit at roughly 4:30PM on Sunday, May 9. As with just about any ride of this magnitude, there were some difficulties along the way. I'll talk ...
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Man-Powerin' Across Michigan is only three days away! I've gathered all the things I'll need for my trip and my bag is packed. I bought a CamelBak backpack a few weeks ago and am I ever glad I did. If you're not familiar with CamelBak, it's basically a small backpack ...
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
For the past ten months or so, I've been kicking around the idea of taking a multi-day bicycle trip from my house in Chicago to the base of the Spirit of Detroit statue in downtown D-Town. The distance? Approximately 300 miles.
Toward the end of last summer I set the plan ...
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Day 4 began in a bit of a rush. We planned to take a ~2 hour train ride down to Füssen near the German/Austrian border to check out Neuschwanstein Castle and managed to stick to that plan, but were a bit sluggish after the previous night's festivities. As such, Karol ...
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Since I won't have time before tonight's games start to do write-ups of each series like I did last year, I am just going to throw my predictions out there.
Eastern Conference:
1. Boston Bruins vs. 8. Montreal Canadiens: Boston in 6
2. Washington Capitals vs. 7. New York Rangers: Washington in 5
3. ...
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Day 3 began with a Third Reich tour that kicked off near the Rathaus. It was led by a British guy who had moved to Munich a year earlier and (appropriately) knew a lot about the Third Reich.
The tour's first stop was next to the former Sterneckerbraukeller where Adolf Hitler ...
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Day 2 began with the sounds of construction. Though I admit we slept in later than we probably should have (almost noon), adjusting to a new time zone is even harder when someone is pounding nails right outside your door. By now, most everyone else in our 8-bed room had ...
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
The next several posts are a daily account of my recent trip to Germany with my friends Karol and Adam. The trip spanned nine days (March 24 - April 1), and in those nine days we visited Munich, Füssen (day-trip), and Berlin. These posts are an elaboration of the notes ...
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
A few days ago, my Twitter friend/Detroit Red Wings PR Extraordinaire Shannon Paul tweeted a request asking her friends/followers to submit "Things I Love About Detroit" lists for inclusion in the Detroit Startup Weekend blog. Having spent the majority of my life in that area, I thought it would be ...
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
If you aren't familiar with Zappos, they are an online footwear and clothing retailer. A few things differentiate Zappos from most of their competitors: a huge selection, free shipping both ways (which in my case has always been upgraded to overnight shipping, free of charge), and a return policy that ...
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