Tag: food
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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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Dinner in Raleigh NC, November 9, 2024
Tootie bought an electric-assist bicycle this past summer mostly to ride the three miles to Dave and Louise’s house. They have a swimming pool and we have pretty much an open swimming invitation. Tootie loves to swim laps. Furthermore, hanging with Dave or Louise or other friends around their pool is a calming presence in…
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Two trips to Gretna LA and beyond, only one by bicycle; Dec. 30, 2023 and Jan. 2, 2024
The entire time I have lived in New Orleans, both back in the 1980’s and also recently, I had snobbily dismissed almost everything that lay “across the river” despite the fact hundreds of thousands live Over There. The Mississippi River in New Orleans is wide and threateningly deep with a strong current. It seems the wild beast. …
urban bicycle journeys 