Would anybody be interested in officially welcoming the Q train to Astoria? It might be fun. The Q runs to Ditmars starting the 27th. I know it’s been there a few times for a visit, but now it’s ours for real (The W is already dead to me). One of the dirty secrets of the…
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I rode the train yesterday and like the new subway map! At least ascetically. All the bus boxes gone (nobody uses those, right?). Soothing colors (or “recession color,” as my partner-in-victimhood said, disparagingly). And the M train is orange and goes to Queens… Craaaazy!!! But here’s what’s weird… the MTA has no night map. What…
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I have a bike parked outside. It’s been parked outside for, well, about 13 years. “How can you leave a bike parked outside?” people exclaim with shock. I don’t know. It’s easy. Convenient. And people leave cars parked outside all the time. Look, it’s not a fancy bike. And I do have the seat locked.…
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I was in the hardware store under the tracks by 36th Avenue the other day. The one where the owner or main worker is a middle-aged, liberal, dog loving, some’er teeth, former punk kind of guy (only in New York!). Dire Straits “Walk of life” was on the radio and I mentioned how I loved…
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It really is a beautiful day in the neighborhood. I went to mail some letters and did the mail-drop double-check before dropping them in the mailbox at 30th Ave. No stamps. So I turned around and walked three steps and (1) bought two stamps from the newsstand. Then I (2) bought wine at the liquor…
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A horrible story from the West Coast: Witnesses said the SUV came speeding south on the street, hit the first bicyclist head on, and then hit the second less than a block away at 24th Street. The driver roared east about a mile to the corner of 23rd and Pennsylvania streets, where he hit the…
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Worth a link. Lots of good city bike designs.
Anybody out there have a kids’ bike to lend? Friends from Australia are visiting for a while and looking for a bike for their seven-year-old girl (about 4’2″ tall). You can see my friends here. No, the the odd stinky guy, the nice people. Any helpful hints for biking and kids in NYC? That is…
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I bought and read the Bike Snob’s Book. It’s pretty outstanding. Laugh out loud funny at times. Weiss just knows a good turn of the phrase. And unlike his generally excellent blog, the book is never too wordy. Plus it’s a beautifully produced book. Really beautiful. And a bargain, too. Plus being a good read……
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I had a rough ride to work today. Along with facing a rough and painful dust storm around windy Queensplaza (what is it about that area in when it’s windy?), I managed to scare an old lady on the bridge and hit the side-view mirror of a pick-up truck. I felt worse about the lady,…
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