All Points West

I can't resist inserting the New York Times article about the All Point West music festival I went to last sunday:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/arts/music/11poin.html

They took some incredible pictures,
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/08/11/arts/20080811_POINTS_SLIDESHOW_index.html

The times didn't seem to like it very much, but to me it was perfect. Seeing Jack Johnson playing was like a dream. We stayed all afternoon, did not get rained on too much, and also attended concerts of Ben Harper, Amadou&Mariam and a few others.

The festival was the most "eco-friendly" I had ever seen. They had this creative idea of encouraging people to pick up discarded water bottles in exchange for goodies like t-shirts and CDs. Anyone who knows how much I despise those small water bottles can imagine I really enjoyed the scavenger's hunt, and of course got myself a cool Green T-shirt.


My pictures (with Jerome and Malini as guest stars):
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=53857&l=8ff14&id=666526718

Half marathon pictures

As my fans are asking for results :-), here they are: I ran the half marathon faster than expected.
1hr47min, instead of a goal of 1hr55.
Pretty happy too as my local fans (!) showed up at the finish line: thanks to Malini, Arnaud, Katia and Paul for supporting me. [Pictures coming soon].

As promised, the pictures from surfing are here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=47316&l=53302&id=720001041