2007
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From here to there, one fall morning
A short video from my bike ride to work this morning. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tS-646ut4]
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Halloween, JP Style
in NeighborhoodSunday evening was the annual Lantern Parade at Jamaica Pond, a community event which involves walking around the pond with lanterns lit. Kids come in their costumes, music is playing, a cider press provide fresh apple cider–it's a great scene.Tonight as I was riding home from work I passed more tricker-treaters in Brookline and JP…
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Why Bike to Work?
in Biking"Why bike to work?" Because you might see something interesting along the way, according to Phillip Barron at nicomachus.net. Phillip emailed me with link to this great slideshow of photos he's taken while biking in the Durham, NC area. I like the way he includes a bike in each image, as if to remind us…
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I Heart Commuting
in BikingThanks to Sara for sending this my way. I couldn’t have said it better myself.
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Fixed Gear and Fixed Rate
In the space of two hours on Friday afternoon, I closed on a condo in Jamaica Plain and picked up a fixed gear bike at Ace Wheelworks in Somerville. Sorry to drop this news on you without any run-up, but that's just the way it has to be. I can't really explain why I haven't…
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Memorial Day: Hope Cemetery, Boston
Last night I rode by Hope Cemetery for the first time and noticed the flags set up for the veterans. It seemed appropriate today to return for another look.
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The Right Ride: A Collaborative Map for Safer Biking in Boston
Earlier this week, Nancy M. pointed me to a new Google mashup called The Right Ride, designed to allow users to document dangers spots for bikers by adding annotations to a map. Chris Briaotta created the site in response to the recent death of two Boston cyclists, and it gives fellow bikers a way to…
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Weekend Music: From Framingham to South Africa
After hearing two outstanding concerts this weekend, I'm struck by how long it takes me get around to finding good music sometimes. Sunday night I made my first trip to Framingham to hear John Gorka play (Dan Coutier opening – nice job Dan), which gave me the chance to get better aqcuainted with someone I…
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River Ice
My dad sent me these pictures he took a couple weeks ago at the edge of the Red River in Fargo. This "ice artistry" was sculpted by freezing temperatures at the waters crest and and then carefully installed in a gallery of trees as the water slowly receded. Wish I could have been there while…