Alex Winston

A month ago I got the itch to look up a couple old friends of mine from the U. Chris and I had Spanish together. He wrote the best music review column on campus, ironically for the most right wing paper, The Review.

He and his brother Drew are musicians that were in a couple different bands during my time in Ann Arbor. I'm not ashamed to say I was one of their biggest groupies. I'd see'em play at the Blind Pig and other A2 venues, and would follow them to Detroit on occasion. I was just starting out in photography, and would often bring my camera to their shows.

Anyway, I googled the brothers, and came up with a Myspace page for Alex Winston?! It turns out that they met up with Alex in the Detroit area, and they've been touring with her in the past year, opening for Ted Nugent!

So I got ahold of Chris and caught their show at the House of Blues when they passed through Chicago. This girl can ROCK! Very energetic show, I had a blast. However, I don't think I've gotten any better at shooting live shows.. :(



















Seriously.. you should go buy her music. Now.

Wow.

So, I went the whole month of July without a post? That sucks.

That's just pretty much the state of my riding life. And life in general. Not much going on.

I did help Paula move out to Philly a couple weeks ago. That was an adventure. Late night bus ride followed by a day long drive in the moving van, and then a day of unpacking. We did get a couple of nice rides in, though. She's a few miles from a really nice park with some sweet, rocky trails. And right at the end of her block is a path that goes from downtown Philly out to Vally Forge. We headed out to Vally Forge on Sunday and got our history lesson for the month!

Apart from that I have managed to get out to Palos a couple times. Once with teammate Greg, and another by myself. I've still got to figure out all the trails out there. I keep riding the same short loops...

After a year and a half in Chicago, Today I finally caught my first sunrise over Lake Michigan. It was pretty spectacular. Scott and I have managed to meet up two whole mornings this week. Might try to make it a regular thing until he leaves. I feel like I have to start the whole 'base miles' process over for 'cross season.

So, that's it for now. Pretty lame I know, but isn't that the soupy you've come to know and love?