Perfect Weekend For Rowing
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DPH2002
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19 February 2011
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We could not have better conditions for the rowing festival. Beautiful luxurious warm rich sunshine and smooth water. So awesome.
First day was with Coach Nick and he had us working on catches mostly as well as steady state rowing. Sherry was coxing the four and Ira and I were in the double (me as stroke). The 4+ is a vespoli and we are in a LW Wintech, which is a bit small for us since Ira is 165# and I'm 205#.
Nick steered us to lunch at 8 Oz Burger Bar which served the biggest burgers I have ever seen. One of the other coaches, Phillip, joined us as well as two juniors... and the junior to my right was ... a little uncomfortable but he got used to be surrounded by a bunch of 'family.'
Dinner was at Sushi Siam on Lincoln Mall, just down the way from da Leo Trattoria where we had dinner last year. Ira gobbled up the baby squid, Mike and Paulo went for Miso soup, and the rest of us gorged on assorted sushi and sashimi. Afterwards, we headed to Mova Lounge for drinks and then to Bar 721 but there weren't any go go boys on the billiard table this year ...
Saturday we had Coach Phillip in the morning and Coach Kyle (all 6'7" of him with this wavy long dirty blond hair that seemed to need a finger through and a head toss every five minutes ... and his royal blue 'Man Up' t-shirt ...
. We did more drills in the morning and then Kyle treated us like some quasi national team workout, setting us on long pieces, quick turn and more long pieces. The line up in the 4+ changed with James stroking (Bill stroked on Friday), and I decided to switch to bow since my muscle hips kept rubbing on the boat side beams (no I am not fat ... !!), and with my long reach, it worked better with Ira as stroke.
Lunch was Cuban all the way, at Sazon Cuban which had the most amazing food. We all ordered average to plentiful size dishes but Mike's breaded chicken cutlet with melted cheeze was huge, taking up an entire dinner plate plus his yellow rice and red beans and plantains on the side. I had Vaca Frita, shredded flank steak with Congri (mixed white rice and red beans), and Bill had the most exotic dish, plantain stuffed inside a chicken breast and rolled up.
Dinner dispersed everyone. Ira and I had peruvian cuisine at 70th and Collins avenue. James had the most interesting night, having dinner with a bunch of boys followed by visits to three bars, the last being Twist where he saw 10 of the most flawless go go dancers ever.
Nothing better than walking along the sidewalk at 10:30 at night in a t-shirt with warm winds caressing your bare forearms and the full moon rising in the east ....
First day was with Coach Nick and he had us working on catches mostly as well as steady state rowing. Sherry was coxing the four and Ira and I were in the double (me as stroke). The 4+ is a vespoli and we are in a LW Wintech, which is a bit small for us since Ira is 165# and I'm 205#.
Nick steered us to lunch at 8 Oz Burger Bar which served the biggest burgers I have ever seen. One of the other coaches, Phillip, joined us as well as two juniors... and the junior to my right was ... a little uncomfortable but he got used to be surrounded by a bunch of 'family.'
Dinner was at Sushi Siam on Lincoln Mall, just down the way from da Leo Trattoria where we had dinner last year. Ira gobbled up the baby squid, Mike and Paulo went for Miso soup, and the rest of us gorged on assorted sushi and sashimi. Afterwards, we headed to Mova Lounge for drinks and then to Bar 721 but there weren't any go go boys on the billiard table this year ...
Saturday we had Coach Phillip in the morning and Coach Kyle (all 6'7" of him with this wavy long dirty blond hair that seemed to need a finger through and a head toss every five minutes ... and his royal blue 'Man Up' t-shirt ...
. We did more drills in the morning and then Kyle treated us like some quasi national team workout, setting us on long pieces, quick turn and more long pieces. The line up in the 4+ changed with James stroking (Bill stroked on Friday), and I decided to switch to bow since my muscle hips kept rubbing on the boat side beams (no I am not fat ... !!), and with my long reach, it worked better with Ira as stroke.Lunch was Cuban all the way, at Sazon Cuban which had the most amazing food. We all ordered average to plentiful size dishes but Mike's breaded chicken cutlet with melted cheeze was huge, taking up an entire dinner plate plus his yellow rice and red beans and plantains on the side. I had Vaca Frita, shredded flank steak with Congri (mixed white rice and red beans), and Bill had the most exotic dish, plantain stuffed inside a chicken breast and rolled up.
Dinner dispersed everyone. Ira and I had peruvian cuisine at 70th and Collins avenue. James had the most interesting night, having dinner with a bunch of boys followed by visits to three bars, the last being Twist where he saw 10 of the most flawless go go dancers ever.
Nothing better than walking along the sidewalk at 10:30 at night in a t-shirt with warm winds caressing your bare forearms and the full moon rising in the east ....
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