Brett and Edie, both serious cyclists from Brooklyn, chose Sugar Hill, NH as the setting for their simple intimate wedding. Friends and family traveled from around the northeast for a weekend of beautiful weather and cycling. A few days after the wedding Brett and Edie … Read More →
Author Archives: RMJ
Wedding Season is Here Again
Four months since my last post? Lame, sorry. If it’s any consolation I’ve been tweeting a lot more, which is a more accessible form of “blogging” for me. twitter.com/tha_joneses First big update, I’m booking weddings again. I just got back from a great wedding in … Read More →
A Pregnancy by The Joneses
A Pregnancy by The Joneses from Ray Jones on Vimeo. When I found out we were pregnant, my natural instinct as a journalist was to immediately begin documenting our entire journey of bringing a life into this world. On January 18, 2009 our son Julian … Read More →
Tour of the Battenkill 2010
In preparation for this weekends UCI Pro Tour of the Battenkill, I’m posting my recap of the Team TOMS Shoes experience in last weekend’s Pro/Am Battenkill race. **Well we did it, survived I mean. No crashes, no injuries. And here’s how it all went down. … Read More →
Two Years On
It’s been exactly two years since the event that changed my life irrevocably. I always used to wonder about fate, if it existed, you know, how our lives unfold and what control we have in it all. If each little action truly causes a reaction … Read More →
Robinson Crusoe Island is Hit by Tsunami *UPDATE*
*Update* The recovery on Robinson Crusoe Island continues with the death toll now at 20. It is clear now that most of San Juan Bautista, the only “town” on the island, has been wiped out. Visit rcrusoe.org to find out more information about the efforts … Read More →
New York Fashion Week
I was gratefully able to attend a fashion show this season and given backstage access. I’m not so much interested in fashion but the whole production of shows and the industry as whole does fascinate me. So I was given about 30 minutes backstage at … Read More →
Graceland in Brooklyn
My wife Jennifer Jones, the hair dresser, recently made the decision to leave her salon in Manhattan to work at a brand new salon in Williamsburg. I was thrilled for her as soon as she told me the concept. Graceland is half tattoo shop, half … Read More →
Empire on NYT
The New York Times has a weekly cycling blog called Spokes. One of the primary writers and colleague of mine J. David Goodman has a post today about depcitions of cycling in films. MASH broke new ground with the release of their film a few … Read More →
Xmas at JFK
We thought we were dong fine when we made it to the airport early this morning and on the plane pretty smoothly. At the last minute they pulled us off the plane because the pilot was too tired. I shit you not. So hopefully we’ll … Read More →


Slippery When Wet in Central Park
This past Sunday was the Lou Maltese Memorial Road Race in Central Park. The weather forecast definitely looked questionably but I didn’t care as long as the temperature was above 70. As I was waiting for me teammate Colin at 5:00 a.m. on Flushing Ave. … Read More →