totient | Bike ride today

I left the house this afternoon into the perfect weather figuring I'd see where my bike took me. The first stop was Bfresh for some snacks. Outside, Redbones had closed the street for an Oktoberfest. I bought a plate of food and ... let's just say that of the traditional Oktoberfest comestibles, only the beer is really in Redbones' core competency.

I don't get to Karl's Sausage Kitchen much now that they have moved to Peabody from Saugus—really only when I am on my way home from something in that direction. Or, it turns out, when a sufficiently heinous crime against bratwurst has been committed. Google sent me right past a friend's new house in Lynn to get there so I had a chance to ride with him, have some much superior sausage, and meet the dog he's got now that he's not renting any more.

I made pretty good time getting out there, but only because Kane's Donuts was closed for the day by the time I rode past. There were a couple of fun hills, too. The one up to Breed's Pond in Lynn was delightfully evil. It's also perfectly placed on my friend's commute home from work so that he's nicely warmed up when he gets there, and also doesn't have to worry too hard about getting the rest of the way home if he knocks himself out on it. It almost makes me miss climbing Clarendon Hill on my way home from Voltdb every day.