Meet Allison. She is not Today’s Nice Stranger, since I’ve known her for years (but not really). She is the sister-in-law of an old friend of mine whom I called Tracy of the Chickens on a previous blog. We have crossed paths and actually shared a path when my friend Joe Seconder (who is currently running…
Tag: Atlanta
Mixed feelings
Today is the 30-year anniversary of when I moved from NYC to Atlanta (my fiancé followed 2.5 months later, as my hubby). Mixed feelings. I’ll always wonder “what if we had stayed in NYC . . . ” Atlanta has been very good to us in many ways, and there is much I truly love…
Today I bear witness
I am a street photographer. I bear witness in a city and a country and a world at a crossroads. At the end of the day, I sometimes think it’s the most important work I do. You may see me on the edges of things — watching a scene unfold, waiting for the “decisive moment”…
Famous bikey people in the City of Atlanta
Here are some of the famous bikey people in the City of Atlanta whom I’ve had the honor of meeting while Traveling at the Speed of Bike. I’ll swing back and write a little something about each of their signature contributions to the movement, with links to posts or articles in which I featured them….
Lights out now for Jump
Bye, bye, Jump. That was fun. Thanks for giving us a shot. Lights out now. We’ll see who fills the hole in the market next.
Jump on (final week in Atlanta)
It hasn’t even been a year and Jump e-bikes (owned by Uber) is leaving Atlanta. You’ve got one more week to try them out, specifically to see if you might want to invest in your own e-bike or encourage your community to include e-bikes in its existing or upcoming bikeshare fleet. I have ridden Jump…
Total fun
So my friend Caryn (one of my fave longtime bike-riding buddies, whom I thank in the Acknowledgements of my book) texted me two nights ago and said, “I’m off tomorrow and wanted to know if you are biking.” The answer to that is usually yes. I then asked what she was in the mood for….
Year 4 as a League Cycling Instructor
So I’m about to kick off Year 4 as a League Cycling Instructor (LCI) with the League of American Bicyclists, and I’m curious about what’s next on this strange and interesting journey upon which I tumbled unexpectedly. (Honestly, I was just eating chocolate chips at my computer at the bottom of a hill in suburbia…
