Tag: travel
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The complete Washington Avenue tour; March 19. 2025
What if I bicycled the entire length of Washington Avenue in New Orleans? The street is only four miles long but I suspect people think the idea is crazy. Parts are considered unsafe. It is a fascinating mostly two lane city street lined with live oaks as it passes through areas of huge cultural and…
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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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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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