Getting out of town over MLK, Jr. Weekend and heading down to the West Texas town of El Paso (cue Marty Robbins). My first visit of substance and I’m really looking forward to riding this: That’s an El Paso Streetcar. Whenever I drive someplace, I’m a park the car and forget it kinda person. Bringing… Read More Visiting El Paso and Streetcar-Oriented Tourism

Deciding to obtain and ride an e-bike adds a plethora of legal, moral, ethical, and sociological complexities to one’s life. That is to say e-bikes are heavier, and not just because the battery weighs ten pounds. One of those trillion legal, moral, ethical, and sociological considerations is wordlessly expressed on this recently spotted sign: Amid… Read More That “No E-Bikes” Sign in the Bosque

I believe the current parlance for the following statement seems to be “saying the quiet part out loud.” Statement: Why aren’t there any really good books about Albuquerque? Up to now, pretty much every book about Burque or New Mexico is either one of treacly, rose-colored “history” non-investigations into “colorful” (that word is very popular… Read More Wanna Read a Really Good Book About Albuquerque?

So very often the best bike rides are also the most ill-considered. After 16 straight hours of sitting on Amtrak from ABQ to Los Angeles, I decided to eschew sanely putting the loaded bike on a Metro train out to my AirBnB in Santa Monica and, instead, rode the damn thing straight from Union Station… Read More Best Rides of ’25: LA and L. Ron Hubbard Way

“I’m leaning against a cherry-red 1977 Coupe de Ville at a Citgo station in Gulfport, Florida, waiting for the car’s owner to emerge from the attached convenience store.” Thus begins Tom Piazza’s slim, yet rich time spent with American treasure John Prine. In 184 pages, Piazza gets to the heart of many things in retelling… Read More Living in the Present with John Prine

In the good ‘ol Pandemic Days of 2020 we would have called this week’s Lomas Blvd. Safety Improvement public meeting a “COVID Party.” About 100 folks were crammed into the small “Learners’ Chess” board game training center to see some info boards, try to talk/hear some consultants and City folks, and regret somewhat having left… Read More This Past Week’s Public Meeting on Lomas Blvd.