Dear and wonderful readers here know I was unsuccessful in my attempt to visit every brewpub in Albuquerque last weekend. Thwarted by goatheads and my own stupidity (one of my most consistent traits), I ended up at brewpub #16: Sidetrack Brewing with a flat tire and a pint of cask-conditioned pale ale waiting for a… Read More Burque Mega-Bike Crawl III: Cue Tubthumping
I’ve had a full 24 hours now to salve my emotional wounds, seal some 26-inch tubes and look back on my failed attempt to conquer all 26 or so Burque brewpubs in a single day of bike riding yesterday. It was such an epic journey that it requires multiple posts, or at least my sore… Read More Burque Mega-Brewpub Bike Crawl II: A Tale of Two Goatheads
After a slow realization that Spring has started early in Burque, your humble blogger/bike tourer is catching up for lost bike rides with a purported tour today of EVERY SINGLE brewpub in the city limits of Albuquerque. What you ask? Is that even possible? How many do we have at this point? A million? It might… Read More The Burque Mega-Brewpub Bike Crawl, I: Route Plans and Empty Boasts
For those Burque cyclists who dare to ride among traffic in our fair city, there are many challenging intersections. One of the diciest, historically most dangerous and also important is MLK, Jr. Blvd. and Broadway. MRCOG data for 2008-2011 showed it to be so, and the corner was site to two cyclists deaths in separate… Read More Teaching Burqueans Danish at MLK and Broadway
Decades ago, well before the Age of Reality TV in which at least part of us live, there was a show called “Battle of the Network Stars.” Yes, if you actually check out the clip, that’s the voice of Howard Cosell and a chimpanzee wearing a sailor’s hat. “BotNS” might be the single most dated… Read More Anti-Battle of the Burque Traffic Stars
When almost 300 people jammed into a conference room at Hiland Theater last week to hear about the Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) project, public officials who spoke, such as City Councilor Pat Davis, remarked and marveled at the turnout compared with other public meetings along the proposed route. In fact, the throng present seemed to cause… Read More Is ABQ Rapid Transit (ART) More About West Central Than Nob Hill?
