Not too long ago, I wrote about how awesome it is that being on a bike makes you nimble: you can stop, turn around, change your mind mid-trip relatively easily, without endangering yourself or other people on the road. I’ve also written that I love being on my bike for …
This is my new favorite picture of my bike: It’s got (almost:) all the essentials for a happy stasia: lupine, playing the role of nature my bike and burley, playing the role of human-powered adventure and, of course, mostly-blue skies, sunshine, and open road, playing themselves. And yes. I really …
Speaking of hauling. Why haul one bike up the stairs when you could take two?? :) By the way, if you’ve never been over the staircase that crosses the SE railroad tracks on SE Lafayette St, I heartily recommend it. Most falling-apart-feeling pedestrian bridge ever:)
For those of you who don’t know, Vera Katz was the first woman Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives as well as mayor of Portland from 1993-2005. Since 2003 there’s been a statue of her sitting along the side of the Eastbank Esplanade: There are often various additions to …
