Author: Eileen OShea

  • Paris here we come!

    Chuck and I registered today for the 2010 Paris Marathon that takes place on April 11! Ooh-la-la! It’ll be our first trip to Europe since we ran the Medoc Marathon in 2007. This time we’re going to finish the race, and spend some quality time in the City of Lights. Then we’re planning to head…

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  • Impact

    Every May for almost 20 years Chuck has been holding a race in the Angeles National Forest called the El Prieto Handicap (pictures here of previous races). It’s named for the trail that is the toughest part of the course: a mile and a half of steep single track trail that runs through a lush area…

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  • Hot dog, hot dog, hot dog!!

    AT&T  will launch MMS for iPhone service on Sep 25!! Yippee!! Read all about it here. The bad news: not available for first generation iPhones. The good news: an excellent reason to upgrade!

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  • Ring of fire, & etc

    Greetings from the inferno that is southern California! It’s hot, hot, hot here – but at least in Long Beach we aren’t choking on smoke and ash. Here are some awesome NASA pics of the fires from space, to give you some idea of the magnitude of the conflagration. It’s extra strange to be experiencing…

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  • Postcard from Pittsburgh

    I am spending a week in Pennsylvania visiting my sister. It’s been great to see her, and we’ve been having fun: we spent a day and a night at the Omni Bedford Springs Resort (a very nice place!), and yesterday hit the Strip District where you can buy meats, fish, cheese, and a whole lot…

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  • Flying high

    I am planning a visit to my sister later this month, and had reservations on Southwest. I was using Rapid Rewards, so the flight was costing me a whopping ten dollars. The downside, of course, is that I was flying across the country on Southwest which is, well, Southwest. Tight seating, no food, no movies…

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