Today is a beautiful fall day in New Orleans. In other words, it’s in the eighties and sunny, with clouds dotting the sky just enough to offer shade when you need it. I rode my bike home from work today down Freret St. rather than St. Charles, and I’m glad I did. Continue reading
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Broken Stoplight on St. Charles
I’m back from my trip to Oregon for Auntie L.’s memorial. It was a really good trip, but it is good to be home and back on my bike. Riding up St. Charles to work today I saw this stoplight, broken down and lying uselessly on the neutral ground. Continue reading
Abandoned Drug Store on Prytania
I have been out of town, without bicycle, for over a week, and it feels like forever. It turns out I really *do* need to ride to feel right. I have been away for good reasons to good places, but I was happy to get back on Rhoda today, if only for a task ride to the gym and back. I recently moved to a tiny cottage behind a fancy house in the Garden District, and this has changed the complexion of my task rides. Where I used to start out on bumpy roads passing an abandoned playground, I now start out on smooth roads passing fancy mansions. Continue reading
Salem Field and Cypress Hills Cemeteries in Brooklyn
I set out this afternoon to ride the bike to Coney Island. My old friend S. promised it was a lovely and safe ride on the bike path along Ocean Parkway. She was right. Continue reading
Future Trump Condos in the CBD
I was itching to ride my bike today in the lovely weather–overcast and a touch windy, humid and thick–and decided to head down to the CBD to run an errand or two. Continue reading
Houses in Central City
I took a day off from riding my bike yesterday because my knees were begging me. Fine, I told them. Fine. Continue reading
What I Saw Riding My Bike Around Today 