Tacoby Bellsbury

Thanks to Jacoby Ellsbury of the Red Sox, on October 30 we scored three free tacos at Taco Bell!

There was quite a lineup at the North Shore Mall’s Taco Bell location. See our Gallery for more photos!

Harmony, Hotdogs, and Hits

Last night the three Woods headed over to Danvers’ Glen Magna Farms for the Danvers Family Festival’s Harmony, Hotdogs and Hits. There was a jazz band playing, there were hotdogs for sale, and there was a vintage base ball match with the Essex Base Ball Club taking on the Melrose Pondfielders in 1860’s era base ball.

We enjoyed the evening, particularly the chance to watch and learn about classic base ball, and the opportunity to shout such phrases as “well struck, sir!”. More photos here.

Go Bucks!

See the whole photo shoot.

Sadly, it doesn’t look like Catherine’s team spirit has helped the Buckeyes this year. There’s always next season!

Passion Lives Here

Italian Flag Pizza

Yes, the Wood household is passionate about the Olympics. We have thrown several parties for the Opening Ceremonies of various games, most recently for the Athens 2004 summer games. On Friday night, we threw a party for the Opening Ceremonies of the Torino 2006 winter games. (Warning: that site has up-to-the-minute scores, so if you’re waiting to watch a taped broadcast, don’t look!) Continue reading…

Run, Tom, Run!

Tom in last year’s Marathon

Tom in last year’s Marathon

Today marks the 109th running of the Boston Marathon. Becky’s uncle Tom is going to be running it again this year. Last year, Becky and I were able to take the day off and watch the Marathon, but this year we’ll be cheering Tom on from afar. If you’re interested in tracking Tom’s progress, you can go to the Boston Marathon site once the race begins, and put in his bib number: 21485.

Good luck, Tom!

Update Direct link to the athlete tracking page

Update @ 1:20 PM Tom has passed the 10k mark and his pace is currently 8 minutes per mile. If he can keep it up, he’ll finish in about three hours and 30 minutes. Go Tom!!

Update @ 2:45 PM As of the 30k checkpoint, Tom was still right on the 8 minutes per mile pace, for a projected running time of 3 hours 30 minutes 54 seconds. That would put him finishing at around 3:40 PM. Keep up the good work!!

Update @ 4:00 PM Tom has completed the Marathon in 3 hours, 40 minutes, 35 seconds! His time last year was 4 hours, 8 minutes, 43 seconds - that’s nearly half an hour that he slashed off of his time. And he came in only 10 minutes later than the time he had hoped for. Congratulations Tom!!

Learning To Ski

My very first day on skis at Sunday River was actually not that bad. Considering that many people have been trying for so very long to get me to learn how to ski, and that this was such a momentous occasion for me, I am giving it its due weight. Read on for all of the details… Continue reading…

Super Bowl Sunday

Becky and I are half-watching the Super Bowl. We’re trying to see as many of the commercials as we can, and picking up on some of the plays of the game. Neither of us are football fans… but unless you are comfortable being a pariah here in New England, you have to at least catch some of the game. There have been some good commercials so far… including another Apple iTunes + Pepsi promotion.

In the meantime, we’re getting ready for our trip tomorrow to Sunday River in Bethel, Maine. Yes, after 26 years, I’m finally going to (try to) learn how to ski. Corey got us some gift certificates for Christmas, so the three of us are going to head out tomorrow morning at 5 a.m. to try and get the most out of the day. I’m signed up to take a beginner’s ski lesson at 10 a.m., from a real live professional instructor, and hopefully I’ll at least be able to handle some bunny slopes. I will be sure to take some photos (maybe even a video!), so that I can share the experience with the rest of you. Wish me luck!

Those Crazy Celts

Last night, Becky and I watched the Boston Celtics cream the New Jersey Nets at the FleetCenter. Becky’s dad got some cheap tickets at work, so we sat up in Balcony section 327 with a number of, shall we say, colorful fans. Honestly, neither Becky or I are basketball fans, but we don’t pass up an opportunity to hang out with family, or to go somewhere fun, or to laugh at drunk morons. So a good time was had by all, and once again, we had free parking downtown thanks to the Otis House.

I’ve put some photos online for anyone who is interested.

Good Grief There’s been a bad link in this entry for over 48 hours… but nobody has mentioned it, and I didn’t even realize it until I was checking my web server logs just now. So either nobody cared enough to (read the entry|click on the link), or everyone thought that I was aware of it. Heh. Silly me!