Spring is just around the corner, and even though it has felt like Spring for much of the Winter, there are a few things that come the changing of the seasons other than warm weather and sunshine. One of them is ice cream, and the fact that Jeffreeze is opening this Friday makes me so happy I get brainfreeze just thinking about it.
And I'll be riding my bike there more, to partially (barely) offset the caloric consumption of a gargantuan Jeffreeze small soft serve. Since this winter has been so warm, and we haven't had many waves (up until the last two weeks anyway), I started road-biking a lot. I didn't really decide to, I just kind of suddenly felt like getting into it, and bikes have always been a part of my life, be it BMX or British 3-speeds, or what-have-you, and road riding was the next logical step. I bought the above Nishiki Sebring as a single speed, rode it like that for a bit, discovered the magic of gears (I still really like single-speed riding, and am in the process of setting up another bike for that), and added more stuff along the way. I have been commuting when I can, and nothing makes a work day better, in absence of a good morning swell, than getting an hour's bike ride in beforehand. Also, figured pretty conservatively, I save about 2.30 on gas each way, probably more now that gas has gone up a bit, and that makes it that much better. Of course, we won't talk about the cost of bike parts to a restless tinkerer...
And despite the lack of surfboard construction recently, I have been surfing some, and here's proof! Every time someone captures me surfing, I'm just going straight on a crumby wave. Someday I'll see what I look like turning or something. Maybe an air...
I have also been doing lots of prep for gardening this year, whether it be reading about it, working on the garden, or starting seeds. I found a book at the thrift store in the fall, Square Foot Gardening,which has a different method of gardening much better suited to small spaces, as opposed to traditional row-type gardening. I definitely recommend it, and I can't wait to see the results this growing season.
Jeffreeze rules! Apparently there's a split in your neck of the woods between Jeffreeze fans (people from West Creek) and Pinecone fans (Tuckertonians) that can be rather contentious.
If I still did the "I'll Never Go There Again" blog, I'd do one about Pinecone, and the synopsis would be "I'll never go there again." Explanation: Jeannine doesn't get ice cream so much, so when she does it's an occasion. Out of the two times we went to Pinecone, the first time they gave her the wrong ice cream, and the second time her ice cream was all freezer burned. Also, the guy that owns the place always wears suspenders, but with his t-shirt up a bit, exposing his belly, and he's a weirdo to boot. Lastly, while Jeffreeze music choice is never good (Cat Country), the last time we were at Pinecone the guy was playing some soundtrack station. Not classical, just soundtracks. And it was a real downer soundtrack, too. While Pinecone would be a nice, close bike ride, I'll take the extra time to go to Jeffreeze any day. I think about ice cream multiple times every day now that they open so soon.
This blog was started as a way to chronicle my adventures into surfboard shaping and just surfing in general. Since its inception, it has evolved into a log of whatever I feel like rambling about and sharing with the world, including, but not limited to: photographs, bicycles and bicycling, film, music, gardening, cute pictures of Henry, and more.
Jeffreeze rules! Apparently there's a split in your neck of the woods between Jeffreeze fans (people from West Creek) and Pinecone fans (Tuckertonians) that can be rather contentious.
ReplyDeleteIf I still did the "I'll Never Go There Again" blog, I'd do one about Pinecone, and the synopsis would be "I'll never go there again." Explanation: Jeannine doesn't get ice cream so much, so when she does it's an occasion. Out of the two times we went to Pinecone, the first time they gave her the wrong ice cream, and the second time her ice cream was all freezer burned. Also, the guy that owns the place always wears suspenders, but with his t-shirt up a bit, exposing his belly, and he's a weirdo to boot. Lastly, while Jeffreeze music choice is never good (Cat Country), the last time we were at Pinecone the guy was playing some soundtrack station. Not classical, just soundtracks. And it was a real downer soundtrack, too. While Pinecone would be a nice, close bike ride, I'll take the extra time to go to Jeffreeze any day. I think about ice cream multiple times every day now that they open so soon.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I just realized I actually did do a post on Pinecone, and it's pretty much the same as my comment above.
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