Posts Tagged ‘ The Amazing Race ’

Worst to First and First to Worst

Jet and Cord did the unthinkable, so did Steve and Allie. And thank god for Tivo (I was watching the Boston vs. New York game. Go Sox!). But I digress. It was history in the making Sunday night on The Amazing Race. It was the first time ever that a last place team (Jet and [...]

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Let’s Do It In Public

I tuned into watch The Amazing Race 16 last night (Tivo saved the day yet again!) and was pleasantly surprised by the mode of transportation the racers had to travel to get to LAX…my fav, public transit!
Over the years I’ve been all over the world and been on countless subways, buses and ferries. I’m ranking [...]

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My Amazing Race 16 Season Picks Updated

On second thought…
I actually had some time to rethink my The Amazing Race season 16 picks based on Sarah Kelber and BuzzSugar.com and my own two eyes. Thank you Sarah, BS and the gift of sight!
11. Adrian (40) & Dana (39)
10. Jody (71) & Shannon (22)
9. Brent (29) & Caite (20)
8. Steve (57) & Allison [...]

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My Picks for The Amazing Race 16

I would first like to say that I have not seen what this season’s The Amazing Race participants look like, smell like, how tall or short they are, if they have a lazy eye or X-ray vision but here are my rankings (worst to first) sight unseen.
I’m basing these rankings the same way George W. [...]

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New Year; New Blog

Happy New Year to all of our wonderful fans! We want to let you know that we are adding some exciting new topics and wicked cool authors to our blog:
1. We are going to expand our navigation of cityscape topics in CitySolve Urban Race’s blog. We’ll look at public transportation, cool new neighborhoods and much [...]

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I hope he gets a hair cut

Meghan & Cheyne won Season 15 of The Amazing Race. Eh, I kinda figured that. They were a great team. I actually liked them and wanted them to win.
I couldn’t get into this season of TAR. I think it’s because there wasn’t a Rob & Amber or Marge & Luke to route against. I wasn’t [...]

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Meet celebrities with HTA!

Season 14 of The Amazing Race has been over now for a week and with my Sunday’s from 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. open I’m not sure what to do with myself. How are you coping?
If you need a TAR fix then look no further than High Trek Adventure! Over the weekend Chicagoans we [...]

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Tammy & Victor WIN!!! YES!

The final 3 (Tammy & Victor, Jaime & Cara and Margie & Luke) made their way from Beijing to Maui…the final leg of the race!
Tammy & Victor, Jaime & Cara got a little case of the H1N1 while trying to carry a traditional luau pig 200 yards along a sandy beach.
ROAD BLOCK – Surfboard fence
Teams [...]

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I get so emotional, baby…

The sixth leg of the race was one of the most emotional parts of the Luke and Cara become overwhelmed by the poverty in India. I agree, it is very sad to see animals and children eating garbage and running around in these terrible conditions
ROAD BLOCK
Care for Camel – a member must feed a camel [...]

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Running in your underwear

Teams continued through the arctic in the 5th leg in a race around the world via the Trans-Siberian Railway!
In this episode we find out a lot:
1. Victor is sneakier than we thought. He momentarily formed an alliance with Margie & Luke to find the a DETOUR task, but then got directions on his own and [...]

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