Beside the obvious physical rewards inherent in riding a bike to work are the occasional mental rewards. Sometimes people-watching is good on my rides. There is an astonishing number of old men walking little rat-dogs in SLO. Run me over when I’m 70 if you see me doing that – my life is already over. [...]
Farmer’s market in San Luis Obispo nets amazingly fresh produce, delicious barbecue and hilariously bad keyboard players. Yesterday however, a breath of fresh air blew through when I happened upon a man named Scott Williams. He was rocking out on the hammered dulcimer playing Billy Idol’s “White Wedding.” Backed by an instrumental track and wearing [...]
My compulsory exercise (biking until I fix my car) has yielded some interesting photo ops. The bike path I take to work goes along the train tracks and at dusk, there’s usually a good view of the Bishop and Madonna peaks. Also, there’s a big red pedestrian overpass that crosses the tracks. Check out these [...]
Today I took a trip to Montaña de Oro with some Truckee homies and took some panoramic shots with my iPhone. They’re not bad for 2.0 megapixels:
I’m not that excited about halloween anymore, because honestly, last night I witnessed the crazy display of costumed splendor that is San Luis Obispo’s bike night. For those who don’t know, the first Thursday night of every month is an excuse to get dressed up and join hundreds of other peddlers for a few laps [...]