Saint Charles, Illinois

Flavor country: Curly endive (frisée for all you hipsters out there), chicken breast, olive oil, dijon mustard, garlic, black pepper, cayenne pepper, oregano, chili pepper, sea salt, onion, paprika, bell peppers… topped off with a garlic chevre from Salt Spring Island Cheese Company.

Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

…I’ll be home tonight.

Gulf Islands Archipelago, British Columbia

…it’s time to go home.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Arcade Fire. LeBreton Flats, Ottawa Ontario.

The best camera is the one you have with you. Taken with Mr. Blackberry.

Washington, D.C.

The Marine Corp Capital Hill Running Club (off-season caucus).

As usual, a bipartisan collection of bad-asses. (For you kids on the facebook, there’ll be a copy there too.) Oorah!

Paris, France

The fourth jaunt winds down.

Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Surf, sand and space shuttle. Having been down three times, I can consider myself exceptionally fortunate; but at least once in your life, treat yourself to a sunset jog down Cocoa Beach before witnessing a space shuttle launch.

No painting, no novel, no symphony, no great piece of cinema or architecture compares to the beauty of the Space Shuttle towering & illuminated. And there is nothing mankind can witness that is as beautiful or as powerful as the launch of human beings into space.

Washington, D.C.

Sean and Kate are getting married. Raise a toast to young love.

Arlington, Virginia

6:00 a.m. 22 miles. Ooh-rah.

Yo! Capitol Hill Running Club, let’s hear it for us! We cleaned up this year. And with the marathon only a few weeks away, I think we can reach a bipartisan agreement on our collective awesomeness.

For you kids on the facebook, I’ll put a copy on there too.