Riverview Cemetery is, I think, one of the best things to happen to biking in Portland. Not only does it provide a safe alternative to the shoulderless Taylor’s Ferry Rd, but with views of the Willamette River and Mt Hood, it’s also one of the more beautiful places you can …
One of the top things people ask me when they learn I don’t have a car is “how do you carry (insert anything large here)??” Oddly enough, people usually settle on “groceries” as the biggest, most bulky load they can think of–which is funny to me, since with very few …
Some of you may remember when I last wrote about the Community Cycling Center’s Bike Club, an after school program that allows kids from families of low income to earn their own bicycles. They just have to show up to the club every day for six weeks, learn all about …
Being unemployed right now means that I probably think about money (and not having any) more than your average bear. Or maybe not, since I hate thinking about money. But either way, I was thinking about it as I biked around today, and I got to wondering how much having …
