Okay, I promise after this post I’ll stop talking about worky or commuting things for a bit. But my very last day at the zoo was this weekend, and after a super sweet farewell party (who knew teenagers could be so publicly thankful??:), I got to fulfill a work-long bike …
With this new-fangled job of mine and the new-fangled commute it entails, I find myself in the position of being a commuting blank slate. I do not yet have a clearly-established route. I don’t know the shortcuts or the lower-traffic streets or the fun little secrets or the best ways …
This is just a fun little community thing happening this week to support running errands by bicycle. SE Clinton Street is Portland’s original bicycle boulevard (now called neighborhood greenways), established all the way back when my brother was born in 1985. (Alex, it’s as old as you are, ya damn …
Okay, fine, this was about two weeks ago, but I just found it in my real-life journal and it made me laugh all over again. As I pulled into Hoyt Arboretum just now — short detour on the way to work — an older dude getting out of his car …
