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Days like this are why I moved to New Zealand After an early morning Skype with the parents (and a little nap), we got a late start for bicy...

6 months in... Or 6 months and a few days; it's hard to keep track, as you lose a couple of days flying, then a couple of days to jet la...

I'll miss you the most, Jean. Jean is one of UC Irvine's six classic Shields sailboats that will soon be moving north. The school re...

Capitol City Weekend trip to Wellington for a live performance of the Great Gatsby . Pretty good production, though Gatsby's American ac...

Two thirds of the way there Alternative title: I guess I wasn't last First ever duathlon this morning. I opted for the long course (4.5...

Ruahines II Last month, on our first trip into the Ruahines , we chose the Sunrise Hut Track; the most popular place to enter the park. It...

Things I never would have done in the US Some of you may remember our beautiful walk to the gannets at the end of the summer . Last weekend...

And the Lord looked down... And said: "Michael, you may drive your PT Cruiser." And so it is written.

Training for marathon #7 (Or maybe that should be training for marathon #8; I did not run marathon #7 , but I did train for it). 18 mile ru...

Deco Decanted Day II We took a little stroll around Napier today. We woke up a little late for the classic car parade, but quite a few old F...