Another one in the books.  Not a whole lot to report on either, save a rather nice bike ride on Sunday.  But just for the sake of consistency I’ll at least briefly recount the other two days.  Friday, well, you know the drill.  Went to the ‘Sider and hung out with the boys.  We did throw in a bit of a twist though.  Around seven o’clock or so, Donette came down dressed up  all fancy-like and said she wanted to go out to dinner.  A little notice might have been nice on these plans, as I was wearing some random tee-shirt, shorts, and flip-flops.  That usually bothers her more than myself though, so we wrapped things up on the patio and walked down the street to Domo Sushi.  I don’t recall how we came to an agreement on this place, as we’d been there once before and were definitely somewhat less than impressed.  It had been at least a year since our last visit, and all I could remember was thinking “over-priced and mediocre.”  This time I left feeling like I’d found my new favorite restaurant;  Matter of fact I’m quite excited to get back there soon.  We had four rolls;  Avocado, spicy tuna, cucumber and alligator.  They were all very good, and there was so much we could barely finish it all.  The price was more than reasonable too, I would even say inexpensive.  All I can think is we must have ordered wrong last time we were there.  At any rate we’ll be back for another try in the near future.

Saturday was sort of an off day.  I was getting ready for a bike ride on Sunday so I wanted to rest up.  Spent most of the day watching the Olympics, and we did get out for a few hours of shopping.  Took the bicycle in for a last-minute tuneup, went and picked up my packet for the ride, blah blah.

Sunday I rode in the “Sunflowers to Roses”  bike ride with Munkirs and my friend Don.  This was the first time participating in this one for all three of us, and I’d say it received mixed reviews.  As far as support I’d give it an A+.  They gave you some cool freebies before the ride, had plenty of rest-stops along the route, and a nice BBQ after the ride.  The negatives I’d say all fall in the “what can you do” category.  It was a very hilly route, which gets old after a while.  And, while it was mercifully cooler than it has been, it still got a little toasty and quite windy too.  All-in-all I had a good time though.  We all three rode the 57 mile route option and didn’t have much trouble with that distance.  (Mind you, I’m typing this standing up, but that’s just part of the fun of cycling I guess.)  After that I felt like I’d earned a calorie splurge, so I picked up Donette and we headed up to 75th Street for lunch.  I opted for the Kobe Beef Burger with blue cheese and a side of fries, always delish.  The rest of the day was spent on the couch recovering, both from the burger and the bike ride.  Watched the Royals game and a few horrid movies.  The first selection was “Eye of the Tiger.”  I’ve never been much of a Gary Busey fan, and now I remember why.  Boy did that soundtrack rock though.  After that I watched “Tank,” which about made me want to discontinue my Netflix account.  Rather inexplicably, before I watched it I actually saw that it starred James Garner and Shirley Jones, yet I STILL elected to play it.  Maybe it was morbid curiosity spurred by the Partridge Family episode I’d watched earlier in the afternoon, I don’t know.  And James Garner as the hard-core, old-school Sergeant Major?  Good grief, what a train wreck.