Vemma is at it again, which delights us no end. This time, it's meal replacement shakes in Chocolate Ice Cream and Vanilla Ice Cream flavors, which include 16g of protein, 7g of fiber, 690mg of omega-3, and 20mL of the Vemma formula. The pre-order period started yesterday and runs through November 16. Go!
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Happy Birthday!
Yesterday was the birthday of the Very Special Fellow, and we celebrated in good style, with bacon, eggs, and coffee cake for breakfast, and dinner out at one of our favorite Buenos Aires restaurants. Tonight we're going to Cirque du Soleil to round out the birthday weekend. A beautiful couple of days in celebration of a beautiful man, inside and out.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
National Bike to Death Day
It's actually not bike-to-anything day, but two things, anyway:
1. We have bike lanes here.
2. Monday was yet another holiday.
I´m not sure where people find the courage to bike in this city, but they do. And Buenos Aires encourages it, having recently (within the last few years) set up a network of bike borrowing stations, where locals can borrow a yellow bike to ride to their destination and drop that bike off at another station. Great idea! Still super scary to ride in the city!
Luckily, we do have some bike lanes along some of the major streets, and a few months ago there was some minor construction as they created routes along another long street where I frequently walk. Here, a bike lane means more than just some painted lines. It also means a large yello curb that separates the bike lanes from the main road.
Seems like a good idea, providing a barrier between car and bike. However, I have seen several people -- mostly elderly people -- trip over this barrier. It's a good six inches tall, which is quite a step to clear. Just yesterday, an old woman was sitting on the ground on the street side of this yellow death trap, surrounded by people and a couple of cops. I didn't see this particular fall, but I can imagine.
In holiday news, everyone was off work on Monday to celebrate Be Nice to Each Other Day. I thought this might mean a little more freedom and safety in crossing the street, or more timely customer service, but not really. To top it off, I could neither go to the gym nor go shopping, because both places were packed by all those people who should have been at work, but who were instead out and about not being especially extra nice to each other.
1. We have bike lanes here.
2. Monday was yet another holiday.
I´m not sure where people find the courage to bike in this city, but they do. And Buenos Aires encourages it, having recently (within the last few years) set up a network of bike borrowing stations, where locals can borrow a yellow bike to ride to their destination and drop that bike off at another station. Great idea! Still super scary to ride in the city!
Luckily, we do have some bike lanes along some of the major streets, and a few months ago there was some minor construction as they created routes along another long street where I frequently walk. Here, a bike lane means more than just some painted lines. It also means a large yello curb that separates the bike lanes from the main road.
Seems like a good idea, providing a barrier between car and bike. However, I have seen several people -- mostly elderly people -- trip over this barrier. It's a good six inches tall, which is quite a step to clear. Just yesterday, an old woman was sitting on the ground on the street side of this yellow death trap, surrounded by people and a couple of cops. I didn't see this particular fall, but I can imagine.
In holiday news, everyone was off work on Monday to celebrate Be Nice to Each Other Day. I thought this might mean a little more freedom and safety in crossing the street, or more timely customer service, but not really. To top it off, I could neither go to the gym nor go shopping, because both places were packed by all those people who should have been at work, but who were instead out and about not being especially extra nice to each other.
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