I’ve been a loyal supporter of Starwood for a number of years, racking up hundreds of stays. I truly believe the Starpoint is the most valuable currency in the loyalty world. I can use it to stay at world class properties (see St. Regis…
The winners of each of the competitions were: Yellow Jersey-Alberto Contador. Andy Schleck gave him a run for the money going down the stretch. I would expect Andy to be even stronger next year, especially with his brother, Frank, by his side again. I’m…
No real shock here. Thanks to a family member for pointing out a post Jay made on his blog about Lance Armstrong. Jay basically spent 15 paragraphs or so trashing Armstrong on multiple fronts. Mariotti decided to beat the over-beaten “Lance must have taken…
This will hopefully be the first of a few posts about our recent cruise vacation in the Mexican Riviera. We were one short of a baker’s dozen, including my father and Barrie, my cousin Serena and her husband Ron, and my great friend Stefan…
Spoiler alert. While I’m probably the last person to watch the season finale of Brothers & Sisters, if you follow the show AND haven’t watched the season finale, I’m about to ruin it for you. About a week ago, as my wife and I…
You had to figure it would catch up with Lance at some point. Cycling is a fairly dangerous sport, but Lance had managed to avoid accidents and spills for years. He’s definitely had his share of good luck. Yesterday’s mountain stage was devastating for…
The first mild mountain stage caused the expected shakeup in the peloton yesterday. No big changes amongst the main contenders for the overall classification. Interesting comment I heard yesterday. When Lance got his flat tire on the cobblestones, he was over a minute ahead…
Don’t get me wrong. Having to leave my family every Monday and get on a plane sucks. But, the actual experience of flying is one I treasure. Sitting at 38366 feet over Albuquerque right now (according to Jet Blue), and I know I’m overstating…
In the longest stage of the Tour de France, the sprinters reigned supreme again. From Montargis to Gueugnon, it was a fairly peaceful 200km+ ride. In the end, Mark Cavendish again showed how powerful his sprinting is, and how good of a leadout man…
Stages 4 and 5 were a couple of days for the sprinters in the Tour de France. Stage 4 saw the Peloton go from Cambrai to Reims, while today’s stage 5 saw the riders take off from Epernay headed for Montargis. It’s been an…