The Deuce Deuce

It's time for Full Moon Fiasco 22. Come on down to The Swamp and take a ride. We will be going to visit an old friend of the FBC and this time I will tell them we are coming. Though, that doesn't give you many clues. No one ever knows we are coming.

Thursday April 9, 8:00 p.m. at The Swamp. The weather forecast for the 9th is clear and 35. That's good news.

Things To Bike To Saturday

There are at least two things going on this Saturday that are worth going to see.

A friend of the FBC and local organic produce, Jacque will be leading a group of riders to UFO Phil The Movie. The meeting place is the Baby Bar. Coordinates listed on his site here.

Also, there is a show at Caterina Winery. One of the cats from A Gun That Shoots Knives contacted the FBC and assured me that we were cool. Further information can be found at the Caterina Winery MySpace Page. The show should include a local band and rumor has it that it may be Whiskey Dick Mountan and apparently they need the money so you should go give some to them.

You should go to at least one of these things.

Fiasco 21 Stone Cold Success

(click the spoke card for the few pictures I took)
Despite the frigid temperatures and the threat of icy happenings, an unexpected amount came out to ride under the full moon. I wish I had not had camera issues, but it really doesn't like to work when it is that cold out. So I didn't get a shot of Cat on a longboard skitching on bikers. I didn't get a picture of her friend with the too small roller blades walking to the hotel instead of the bar. I also was unable to capture the moment when two drinking age guys approached me about the bike club and told me that the one guys mom would be interested in riding. And I didn't capture the shenanigans involving a dropped light and the efforts to pick it up without stopping. I did however get enough sleep to write in length about the events of the evening.

Through the internet tubes, I heard some whispers about there being some important basketball being played the same night as the Fiasco. Not being one to deprive a dedicated Lifetime Member for Life the opportunity to participate, I polled some others about a good place to go for television watching and beverage consumption. Of course there are the obvious ones that we have been to before but I'm sure Jack & Dan's and The Bulldog were packed out with frothy college fans with no room for 33 bikers. We opted for the Red Lion. Of course I could have stressed the point that were were going to the BBQ joint and not the Red Lion Hotel. We had a handfull of riders/jogger that opted to visit the newly remodeled lobby of the hotel and oggle the Honduran mahogony and the slate stone entryway.

After the game, the remaining riders moved on to the Baby Bar/Neato Burrito for the Wednesday night $1.00 PBR's and the $1.00 Grilled Cheese. You should go there for lunch, really. All of you everywhere should go there for lunch. Everyday.

With the thought of the climb back up the South Hill swimming hard to the front of the brain, some thought it would be a good idea to visit an old friend at the top for a quick drink and a short ride home. I ended the night with two others at The Pear Tree. Once the starting point for the FBC, The Pear Tree offered what I needed in the early days of the Full Moon Fiasco: 1. Beer 2. A short ride home if it was a complete failure.

Fiasco 21 had 33 riders, a clear sky and a low of 3.

March Fiasconess

Shorts with jackets and gloves, sandals with two pair of socks, and children with their arms tucked into a short sleeved shirt have been spotted shivering all over town. It must be March and time for the next Full Moon Fiasco.

We will be meeting at The Swamp, Wednesday March 11th, 8:00 p.m.