eat prunes

This morning I attended my first Bootcamp session at UC San Francisco's Mission Bay campus. Boy,was it difficult!

First, for those of you who have not had occasion to skip rope in the past, say, 20 years or so, you can pretty much hear the rusty gears grinding in the part of your brain responsible for neuro-muscular memories. For my "first" time, I adopted the strategy of trying to keep one foot off the ground at all times, which helped me go for 3, even 4 times in a row, but my standing leg got awfully tired.

What can you expect at Bootcamp? All the good old fashioned moves, like toe-touches, squats, deep knee bends, lunges. During which, our "instructor" John regaled us with nutrition tips, such as: Don't wait until you're old to eat prunes. THey're good for helping you keep your arteries clear -- as well as your guts.

And: If you're on a desert island what one food do you want to have? Hint: it has protein and vitamin C. He says it's broccoli. I want a second opinion.

I had a nice visit back east, to Rochester NY. Here are things they have in Rochester:
mosquitoes
wine - some good, some not
roadways, miles and miles of roadways
green plants
bugs
piped-in music straight from 1984
Talbots
the Erie canal
clouds
gorgeous full moons (with misty clouds)
rivers, lakes, ponds, streams
locusts
frozen custard
haddock sandwiches
Genesee cream ale
styrofoam cups
sailboats
swimming pools
luxury European sedans
gigantic houses set in fields, surrounded by other giant houses