With about a gallon of 87 octane left in my truck’s gas tank, if I’d reeeeeeeally wanted to yesterday I could’ve put off filling her up and then gone ahead and accumulated an additional week’s worth of bike-commuting mileage. But I’d driven to Burbank Sunday morning to help rearrange some furniture for my mom, and …
And so it was that a crew of five of us set out with about 40 fresh and piping hot burritos on last night’s revitalization of the dormant Hollywood Burrito Project ride and we learned that no good deed goes unpunished. We headed up Western Avenue where first I flatted my rear tire after nailing …
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This first commercial from Farmers Insurance posted below left the urban cyclist in me wanting to bike over to the company’s Wilshire Boulevard headquarters and egg the building. The next one from State Farm just makes me twitch: But beneath the arrogant humiliation of cyclists and cycling that’s being promoted in those spots, there’s a …
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“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.” I’ve trumpeted it before: the magicalsad happybad intriguing provoking unique surprising things one finds from the saddle of a cycle through the city, and yesterday was no exception. OK, so maybe mine aren’t anywhere near as spectacular as attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, but …
Coming up Overland on approach to Venice Boulevard I’m in the door zone trying to thread the narrow channel between the parked car and those stacked back from the light in the No. 2 lane. I pull alongside a small blue SUV that decides to go right without looking and I’m just barely able to …
It’s amazing how 10 pounds of rice and 10 pounds of beans can fill up a backpack. I’ve had these foodstuffs for several weeks, but the Burrito Project I’ve been involved with went dormant after I bought them. With intentions expressed toward getting the Hollywood Burrito Project going again next week, I hauled these a …
No photos or videos to illustrate this morning’s tardish behavior, sorry. Just words, and I’ll try to keep those to a minimum, too (yeah, that’ll be the day). So I’m biking in to work today as I’ve now done every consecutive workday since March 10 and 17 out of 19 total workdays this wonderful month …
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