Just back from a month cycling, hiking, and living in Central Japan (Osaka, Onomichi, Hiroshima, Kyoto). Since getting back a few days ago, I’ve scoured the Internet for a video capturing my single favorite activity over a month of great fun: Riding a bicycle in Osaka. I’d love to have shot my own little video… Read More Beautiful Chaos: Cycling in Osaka
I’m finishing up a month-long trip to Japan (Osaka, Onomichi, Hiroshima, Kyoto). It took this sandwich to get me to post about my trip, very possibly the greatest sojourn I’ve undertook. No, definitely so. Now the photos, first the packaging and then the perhaps overly wide reveal: Maybe the best of about 30 meals out… Read More Banh Mi in Kyoto
I’m approaching my 65th Birthday, which I perhaps mistakenly feel is a milestone people care about, or at least the government does. To prove I’m not dying, which also seems an important aspect of turning this old, I’m testing my physical limits and trying peyote for the first time. Okay, I’m kidding about the peyote.… Read More Turning Medicare and Rio Rancho
Had a chance to see first-hand how things are developing these days over at “Santolina,” a word Burqueños heard about all the time a few years back. Here’s how it’s going so far: It’s not all just a dirt road and distant radar facility, however. There’s also this: In case you’ve forgotten all the talk… Read More Cycling Through Santolina
The mysterious and murky “Word on the Street” just informed me that 2nd Street is closed between Southern Ave. S.W. and Woodward Rd. S.W. for “several weeks” because of a sewer line break. Of course this also means we have a brand new walking/rolling path for “several weeks.” Yay! The closure allows for “local use… Read More That New 2nd Street Bike Path
If you don’t mind, BB is taking a break today from writing about bike rides in the middle of nowhere to ask you to consider attending today’s meeting of the Greater Albuquerque Active Transporation Committee (GAATC). I know…not NEARLY as much fun as riding in the middle of nowhere. Nevertheless, today’s Zoom-only meeting (why Zoom-only…I… Read More Today’s GAATC Meeting and City “Traffic Safety Campaign”
