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Trojans Win! Jets Win! Falcons Win! Great Weekend!

LA/XC-2 DAYS SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, AND EIGHTEEN: SANTA MONICA, L.A., SAN DIEGO Let me set the stage for you. It’s 45 minutes before kick-off . . . Falcons vs. Chargers . . . on a sunny, super-hot Sunday in San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium. We’re enjoying all sorts of access to the Falcons via ou…

Big Dean’s: Beagle Man’s Bar in Santa Monica

LA/XC-2 DAYS FOURTEEN AND FIFTEEN: LAGUNA BEACH; SANTA MONICA; LOS ANGELES The first time we stayed in Santa Monica back in the spring of 2010, when Robby was in town for his first look at USC, I pegged Big Dean’s “Muscle In” Cafe as my perfect “home” beachside bar and hangout. Right on the San…

Welcome to L.A.

LA/XC-2 DAYS TWELVE AND THIRTEEN: PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY; L.A.; SANTA MONICA Day Twelve mileage: 464 [NOTE: While I’ll continue to tally miles during my stay in L.A.-Santa Monica for the next week, I won’t be posting it daily] Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 4,087 Weather leaving San Francisco: …

Upset Special

LA/XC-2 DAYS NINE, TEN, AND ELEVEN: NEVADA; OAKLAND, CA; PALO ALTO; SAN FRANCISCO Day Nine mileage: 509 Day Ten mileage: 27 Day Eleven mileage: 33 Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 3,622 Road Music: XM regular stations; LA/XC-2 Playlist (featuring Luc…

Chasing Old Faithful

LA/XC-2 DAYS FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT: DENVER, THERMOPOLIS (WYOMING), YELLOWSTONE AND GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARKS, IDAHO, AND NEVADA Day Five mileage: 289 Day Six mileage: 420 Day Seven mileage: 298 Day Eight mileage: 406 Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 3,052 Road Music: XM regular stati…

An Extra Hour!

LA/XC-2 DAY FOUR: IOWA AND NEBRASKA Yesterday’s mileage: 467 Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 1,639 Road Music: NFL Football: Jets game; NFL “Drive Time”; Denver-Pittsburgh game; for a short musical break: Keith Urban (Get Closer album) Weather leaving Grinnell: 65 under a gorgeous blue Iowa sky Y…

There’s Something About Iowa

LA/XC-2 DAYS TWO AND THREE: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND GRINNELL, IOWA Friday’s mileage: 560 Saturday’s mileage: 322 Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 1,173 Road Music Friday: XM “regulars” (Fox, CNN, ESPN); XM The Highway (worst song heard: American Beauty by the Lost Trailers; best song heard: American…

Greetings From Happy Valley

LA/XC-2 DAY ONE: STATE COLLEGE, PA Today’s mileage: 290.7 Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 290.7 Road Music: Local news (WCBS); local sports (ESPN); Fox News; CNN news; national sports (ESPN); The Highway (new country music); iPod singles playlist — a motley collection I put together, but I was rea…

Ricky Speaks Out

* * * COUNTDOWN: 4 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * * Throughout the Republican National Convention this past week, I kept hearing Tampa this, and Tampa that. Why all this love for Tampa? Then on Thursday, while I was listening to radio coverage of Day 3, the commentator said he was “reporting live from Ta…

Wordless Wednesday

* * * COUNTDOWN: 8 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * * Grand-nephew Teddy, Sheepadoodle Max. (That’s Teddy on the left.) You can follow Beagle Man on Facebook and Twitter