Yes==>TGIF!!

It is a beautiful TGIF morning in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World, so ...

Billi Pod says==>HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!!

The weather last night at Yankee Stadium, The House That Greed And Ego Built, was gloomy and chilly. Luckily, just before I left PHC for an early walk and wander session in ‘da Bronx I decided to put on a sweater. I opted not to also bring my windbreaker. Should have done it because the late innings in the stadium bordered on being uncomfortable.

This is a recurring problem for Billi Pod this time of the year. I have a tendency to under-dress at the beginning of Fall/Winter and then over-dress at the beginning of Spring/Summer.

Anyway, I did have a nice walk and wander session in ‘da Bronx before the game.

Phil Hughes struggled and lasted only 5 innings but he did get the win. We won 10-7 on more clutch hitting from Ichiro Suzuki and a grand-slam from the slumping Nick Swisher.

Ichiro has become a fan-favorite and he was red-hot against The Jays. He has brought a sense of energy and urgency to The Bronx Bomber lineup. Girardi has decided to make him a regular starter instead of platooning him with the largely ineffective Andruw Jones. Good decision Joe.

The Bombers are 8-2 in the last 10 games, have a 5-game winning streak, lead the AL East by 1-game and have 13 games remaining in the regular season.

Tonight is the first of 3 games with the Oakland Athletics. Our ace CC Sabathia (13-6) will be on the mound vs. Jarrod Parker (11-8) for Oakland.

Hopefully CC will return to his dominant persona because we need him to be our ACE, not just another starter.

Moving on ...

I will definitely take advantage of the great weather today and do an extended walk and wander session to put some additional miles in my storage locker. At the moment I am not sure where but it will probably be down in The Village.

Tonight’s entertainment event is ...

7:30==>HAVE I GOT A GIRL FOR YOU - “How does a newly sober gay musical theatre actor get his life on track? By getting a job running the largest female escort agency on the East Coast of course!” (discounted ticket)

This is part of the Fringe Festival Encore Series.

It is playing at a theater down in SoHo so I know I will do a brief walk and wander session there before the show.

In response to several texts and emails asking how I accumulate walking mileage when I am not on a specific walk and wander session ... well ... this is how ...

I have developed a mindset that lets me take the long way between point A and point B, rather than the most efficient way. For example, my ‘hood grocery store is just across the street and a 1/2 block down from my apartment building, but now I make the trip there at least a 1 mile roundtrip. The same holds true with going to the theater at any venue in my ‘hood.

At the end of the day it all adds up and allows me to build up the mileage in my storage locker in preparation for the bad weather anticipated in December, January and February.

Yesterday’s Pedometer mileage==>6.77  miles (or, 14,801 steps)

Total mileage since 7/1/12==>418.43

Mileage remaining until 4/23/13==>660.57

GO YANKEES AND GO GATORS!!

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”