We recently met up with some friends having a guys weekend in Boston. For a one-night stay, we figured we could try a new hotel as on our last trip to Boston, the W Boston was underwhelming. Since the primary focus of the trip was to catch the Kansas City Royals at the Boston Red Sox, we didn’t want to stay “out in the boonies” at The…
My partner and I recently ran the BolderBOULDER 10K — a decision that probably should have taken into account training, altitude, and training. I mean, it’s a pretty good idea to commit to running 6.2 miles at an average altitude of 5,300 feet, right? If you follow me on twitter, you’ll know that I was that guy that was tweeting while running. I mean if you put…
A friend recently passed along an article to me regarding the secret lives of a hotel pillows. I read the article while on a plane, after spending a night at relatively cheap airport hotel. Some interesting points from the article: The pillow tag exists to fight smallpox. Apparently back in the late 1800s, ‘entrepeneurs’ got the idea to stuff pillows with old hospital sheets. Think…
