Now that biking is really picking up in my town, I’m noticing something interesting. I don’t need to check Yelp much anymore.
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Riding bikes is fun, but sometimes it’s hard to get down the street. Especially in a neighborhood with so many restaurants. It’s so easy to be tempted to stop and eat everything. I’m personally keeping several restaurants in business that are on my route. But there’s danger in letting your stomach do the navigating. For […]
This week was the National Women’s Bicycling Forum held by the League of American Bicyclists. While I wasn’t able to make it to Washington, DC, I tried to follow as much as I could online. The theme was “Woman Mean Business” and there’s a pretty serious video presentation of just how much business. But it […]
The other day I was biking home and a cyclist waved at me. Now, biking in Boston sometimes has the feeling of a biking in a small town. I’m always running into friends on the street. But in cold weather there are some social challenges. And I may not even recognize my best friends unless […]
Valentine’s day is a day to celebrate what you love. And hopefully meet someone who loves that thing as much as you do.
Sometimes when I take the lane I get honked at. But this week I discovered the exact opposite of that: Seems kids know more about sharing.
Way back in my first winter in Massachusetts I commuted by car. It sorta went like this: It was easy to never be dressed for weather. And easy to misplace things like gloves. Once I moved into the city that changed. Even before I started biking I found myself walking an average of 4 miles a […]
I bike pretty much everywhere in the city these days. But I also have a driver’s license and 16 years of driving experience. And occasionally I still drive. Like the other day I ended up driving across town to run an errand. Now, if you live anywhere near a city, you know that the driving experience […]
Having worked in advertising a bit, I was intrigued by the ongoing debate about the representation of gender in bicycle advertising. At first, I was inclined to be offended too. But then, as I was watching the cyclists in my neighborhood, I realized something: the media really has us women figured out! For example, I saw this very […]