Passion Solstice Soiree and Naughty ride
Posted by Patty Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:44:00 GMT
On Friday, December 21, beginning around 7pm, we will be celebrating the celestial transition known as Winter Solstice. On the Solstice, the Earth’s axial tilt lines up with the sun’s rays and brings the northern hemisphere the shortest day and longest night.
To mark the occasion, we will be honoring two creatures whose names grace the peak latitudes marked by annual sinuous solar movements on Earth’s surface.
First we will consume some of the world’s most delicious goat cheese, produced from Alpine goats Capra hircus grazing in the lovely town of Pescadero, to recognize this time of year when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn.
Next we will make our way through a ruddy pile of Half Moon Bay’s delicious Dungeness crab, Cancer magister to mark our longing for the warm days of summer, when the sun is over the Tropic of Cancer.
Of course, we will have to have some wine, and some rum, and some candles as a nice warm source of light. And Jay will be bringing cheesecake for dessert.
We will also need YOU to help us celebrate properly. So please join us!
Weather appears to be favorable for a Naughty ride at 1:00pm launching from the Passion lot to head up to Waterdog.
Friday Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly sunny. Patchy dense fog in the morning. Highs in the lower to mid 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
If conditions are a bit moist, you are most welcome to come to our little gathering with a bit of mud under your eye.
To help us when we do our shopping at the wharf over in that coastal hamlet, please RSVP to this evite by 8am Friday so we can buy the right amount of sweet crustaceans for evening consumption.
Is the ride “naughty” because many of us would be skipping out of work early?
Or is there something else in store for those who join this ride?
Well, it’s naughty if you are riding at 1pm and you are supposed to be at work. It’s also naughty if you decide to make it so. And if the ride leader is already getting a lump of coal, who knows what might happen?
I thought it was naughty becuase our chins will go up and down in approval
No, that was the Noddy Ride. It ended at 1:00am. This will different.
Coal? What did I do?
No, no, no. It’s what you DIDN’t do.
Doods and doodettes!
Where’s the ride? I was thinking of playing hookie for a couple of hours and riding, but I see no info on the site, like the email / post / evite says
Yo, bro!
Berry sez that Waterdog is the best bet, and Bret sez that conditions on the singletrack were decent this morning, so we’re shooting for a 1pm departure from the Passion Lot.