Re: local bike club sells calendar - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

02-14-2007, 12:20 PM

Tom Keats <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> Dane Buson <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>>
>> *sniff*
>>
>> So sadly true. I'd kill for a good Italian submarine sandwich.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Is that all? Our streets are paved with those things :-)

There's a couple here, but none that are any good. They don't even have
any sweet peppers usually. :-(

And the bread is usually fluffy wonder-bread-ness that would make a
stoic cry for relief.

> Trust me -- whatcha need is a nice Mile High with slaw,
> a big pickle and a dab of hot mustard and maybe a handful
> of rolly-polly big olives on the side. Don't forget to
> ask for extra paper napkins (or bring some along.)
> Actually it doesn't hurt to bring your own cutlery along.

Now you are definitely talking my language.

>> Well, okay, maybe not kill. Maim lightly?

> Next time you're up here, look me up. I can give you a guided
> tour of various Greek, Italian, Near Eastern, West Indies/Jamaican,
> Polish/Ukrainian/Russian, Asian/Western Fusion, Sushi, Hungarian
> (Yumm!), old-style Cantonese take-out, etc. Even Mongolian BBQ.
> And various kinds of fish 'n chips.

I will be happy to take you up on your offer. Possibly later this year.
I'm contemplating riding up to Vancouver either with some friends in a
couple months or possibly later this summer.

> And then there are the bakeries.

The Chinese and French bakeries here are actually very good. The
Italian bakery I've been to nearby is so-so, but has some good bread.
Their pastries are nothing to write home about.

> No awful falafels here.
>
> But really, urban cycling is so wonderful when there are
> better places to haul-up to for fuel-stops than Mr Tubesteak
> or Rotten Ronny's.

My group of cycling holligans seems to have an obsession with Taco
Trucks. Which is not necessarily a bad thing.

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