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Biking to Mardi Gras 2025
About two years ago I took a writing class taught by Loyola University lecturer CW Cannon. CW grew up in an artsy bohemian household in Faubourg Marigny. As a kid he ran around the streets of the French Quarter. Back then he felt like he was on another planet from elite Uptown. In one of…
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Biking my City Park Loop, plus lunch at Liuzza’s; February 24, 2025
New Orleans is an island of urbanity surrounded by wetlands on almost all sides. Except for extended bike rides on the levees, most longer bike rides still heavily involve city streets. It seems like almost every day I cycle the same seventeen mile city loop featuring significant but precious bike path. Certain streets are safer…
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Old US-1; Moncure NC to Sanford NC; February 9, 2025
A section of Old US-1 in central North Carolina is a genuine piece of Americana. Route 66 is more famous but US-1 has a similar story. US-1 was designated in the 1920’s as the original Maine to Florida highway. Twenty-five miles from my home in Chapel Hill NC I parked our old 2004 Honda at…
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24 Hours in Myrtle Beach SC; January 29-30, 2025
I grew up in Virginia Beach VA, biking with friends up and down the boardwalk in front of all the hotels, hanging around the oceanfront Seaside Amusement Park arcade. As teenagers we all had jobs at hotels and restaurants. After graduating high school in 1974 I could not WAIT to go to college and move…
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