I am under the weather, all sniffles and sinuses, and this is really putting a dent in my bicycling. I mean, I need to breathe, people! But after some decongestant and guaifenesin, I was in shape to ride to the CBD to meet K. for our weekly dinner date. It was hot and cool, depending on the shade level, and I showed up thirsty. Continue reading
Uptown
Frog on an Uptown Window
I’m back from a bike-less trip to California. It was a bit odd, going five days without riding a bicycle, but I think my knees appreciated the rest, and though I didn’t need it, Los Angeles traffic reminded me that I prefer riding a bicycle around to sitting in a car any day. Continue reading
Foam Block Construction at Freret and Jena
It has been raining like crazy and I’ve been crazy busy preparing for a trip to Los Angeles this week, which has been seriously putting a crimp in my riding and blogging. Continue reading
Loyola Bike Auction at the Freret Street Garage
Today’s ride took me up to campus for a meeting. Afterward, I walked the Surly over to Loyola with R. to check out their biannual bike auction. Lots of bikes get abandoned on campus, left locked up, their owners failing to return. The Loyola police gather them up and put them up for sale. Continue reading
Glowing Puppets at Constance and Orange
Today’s bike ride took me down to the Marigny to meet up with S. for some writing and coffee. It is apparently the last warm day for awhile, but I’ll believe that when I feel it. I zipped back Uptown to meet K. for a show. Continue reading
Discarded Helmet on Magazine at Philip
I have been writing this bike blog for well over a year, posting over three hundred times, and yet I have never posted, not even once, about bike helmets. This is an incredibly contentious issue among riders, and I really ought to have an opinion. I passed this mixed-use helmet sitting out on a trash can on Magazine and Philip and wondered what its past was and figured now’s as good a time as any to weigh in. Continue reading
Bike Parking at the Saint on Lower Magazine
Tonight found me riding my bike down to the Lower Garden District to meet friends for drinks and socializing, and then over to one of my favorite bars for some dancing. The first place didn’t have anywhere to put bikes, so I locked up on a pole about half a block away; a couple bikes had already staked out the bus stop sign. Continue reading
Delicious New Asphalt at St. Charles and Louisiana
It is so, so humid here. I know, I know–that’s New Orleans. But really people, it’s crazy humid here lately. When I rode to the coffee shop today it was pouring rain, but then it stopped and the sun came out and the steam was rising. I headed down to the Treme for drinks with friends tonight, and as soon as I pulled the Surly out of my air conditioned apartment my glasses fogged up and my handlebars were wet with condensation. Continue reading
Stained Glass Window at NOPD 2nd District Headquarters
This is the best photograph I got tonight. It was so humid here on my ride to pick up some dinner that the flash turned the rest of my pictures in to a fuzzy mess. But I did get this photo of the stained glass window at the NOPD 2nd District headquarters at Magazine and Napoleon. Continue reading
Distressed and New Facades at Dauphine and Toulouse.
It was a stormy day in New Orleans, but I magically missed the downpours, by just six minutes on my ride home from work and altogether on my ride up from the Treme, where I enjoyed a delicious homemade organic carrot cake from D. Continue reading
What I Saw Riding My Bike Around Today 