Sunday Parkways Sunday Parkways

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Each year, the city closes down a number of streets opens a number of streets to walk, bike, roll, run, jump and skip – all without having to watch out for cars. It’s called Sunday Parkways! This year, the NE route went down my block: The event was set to start at noon. Unfortunatly, it started […]

Who needs Gravity? Who needs Gravity?

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Sorry Jamie, I just couldn’t help myself:

A Bicycle Built for Two A Bicycle Built for Two

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Last Friday, two very good friends of mine got married (to each other, no less). The ceremony was conducted on top of Rocky Butte by another friend Luke, who had gotten his reverend’s license just for the occasion. It turned out to be an extraordinary wonderfully day for the event. If they had done it […]

Metrofiets Metrofiets

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

My talented friend Jamie has started building Bakfiets (dutch style cargo bikes). The cycles feature  a large box for hauling groceries, kids, concrete, whatever and are popular in Europe and South America, but hard to come by in the US. The bike you see here is one of his working prototypes and was recently featured […]