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What I Saw Riding My Bike Around Today

  • Bike Parking at Zeitgeist Multidisciplinary Arts Center

    After a quick car ride today to invest in another cell phone (thanks for nothing, thief), I hopped on Rhoda and headed over to Oretha Castle Haley to help set up for the Bicycle Film Festival at Zeitgeist. My local radio station had informed me that a festival of sorts [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 1:01pm EST
    by Kate

  • Bike Rack at Harry’s Ace Hardware on Magazine

    Number of comments: 2
    It’s cold tonight. And rainy. There was talk of snow, but that was mostly just fantasy. Regardless, it meant I was driving downtown tonight. And for a party with other bikers. I figured I’d have to park a few blocks away, skulk in. But first, I had to ride my [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 3:38am EST
    by Kate

  • Molly Marine at Canal and Elk

    Number of comments: 6
    Ok, so for me, riding a bicycle is usually a solitary act. I don’t love riding with other people–I’m not good at pacing. I prefer heavily-trafficked routes to the side streets with their potholes, unlike most of my friends, for whom fear of the motor vehicle outweighs all else. And [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 2:40am EST
    by Kate

  • Bead Throwers on a Hotel Balcony on Bourbon Street

    Number of comments: 4
    It was the last day of classes for the semester, so the last daily commute to campus. Nice. I am already fantasizing about all the aimless rides I can take myself on between now and January 11, when classes start up again. Tonight, though, I made my regular ride down [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 2:43am EST
    by Kate

  • First Quarter of the Fourth Race at the Fairgrounds

    Number of comments: 1
    It was a warm 74 degrees on a perfect New Orleans Sunday. I slept late, but headed out to the track to meet some friends to catch some racing. The streets were fairly empty, especially since the Saints don’t play until tomorrow night. Until I hit Claiborne, of course. It’s [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 1:15am EST
    by Kate

  • John Georges Sign on St. Charles and Melpomene

    Number of comments: 4
    The day after Thanksgiving day is a lazy one, if you’re lucky enough to have the day off work, and lucky enough not to think you’re supposed to get up early to go buy things you don’t need. After finally dragging myself off my behind, I got on the bike [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2009, 1:49am EST
    by Kate

  • White Wicker Couch at Baronne and Terpsichore

    Number of comments: 1
    I spent a lovely Thanksgiving relaxing, first at home, and then with friends down in the Treme. It was a crisp day, but the sun was shining, making my bike ride on the Surly quite perfect. The streets were incredibly quiet today; I guess by the time I got myself [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 3:57am EST
    by Kate

  • Tin Cowboy and Bikes at Allways on St. Claude

    It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and I spent it tooling around on the bike running teensy errands and finding pleasant places to grade a few papers. It got cold by the end of the evening, and I suddenly realized I was not dressed appropriately to comfortably ride home. Whatever–we’re on [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 3:58am EST
    by Kate

  • New Orleans Bike and Board Shop on Oak Street

    I spent the afternoon riding my bike around, posting posters and flyers about the upcoming Bicycle Film Festival. I rode over to the Gambit offices to drop off a screener for review and then back up Carrollton to Oak Street to drop flyers at all the lovely shops over there. [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 1:01am EST
    by Kate

  • Houses on Delachaise between Magazine and Camp

    Uptown and the Garden District are probably the two ritziest neighborhoods in Orleans Parish. When biking around, you can absolutely tell when you’ve crossed from Uptown in to Central City. There aren’t nearly as many trees, whole blocks are blighted, some streets feel empty. And the Garden District? Hell, Sandra [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:34am EST
    by Kate

  • New Orleans Bike Polo at Canal and Villere

    After getting a little bit lost on my bike yesterday, and riding around for more hours than I’d planned, I have to admit I was dragging a little when I got up early to bike out to Gentilly to meet the Nolacycle folks for the Bike Bash mapping ride. But [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:44pm EST
    by Kate

  • Concrete Foundations at Louisa and Law

    Number of comments: 2
    It was cool and stormy today, but it’s Bike Bash 2009, so I headed out to take in some events. I was all set to volunteer at RUBARB’s Bike Rodeo for kids, but they had too many volunteers and not enough work to do. That’s a really, really good problem [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:56am EST
    by Kate

  • Goldsprints at Handsome Willy’s on N. Robertson

    Number of comments: 2
    Tonight was the opening-night party for Bike Bash, a weekend celebrating bikes and bike culture in New Orleans, sponsored by Metro Bicycle Coalition, Plan B, and RUBARB. I was excited to ride my bike to a place where lots of other folks were riding their bikes. The crowd included lots of [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 3:00am EST
    by Kate

  • New Orleans Recreation Department Tennis Center at Loyola and Marengo

    Number of comments: 1
    I rode home from work shivering in the slightly chilly weather (I need a cold weather haberdasher–I’m terrible at dressing myself once it drops below 70!) along Loyola through Central City. The asphalt is really, really nice in that neighborhood, but it doesn’t exactly look like a neighborhood that would [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:00am EST
    by Kate

  • Unity Temple on St. Charles at Peniston

    Number of comments: 5
    That’s right, it’s kind of cool in New Orleans today. You’d think it was icy outside, given the winter get ups I saw out there today. I liked biking home in the crisp air and sunshine, though. I stopped to take a picture of the Unity Temple on St. Charles [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:58pm EST
    by Kate

  • Basketball Backboard at Baronne and Washington

    Number of comments: 1
    I had a lovely day today, back at work, feeling so, so much better. After biking to and from work in the sunshine, the clouds were rolling in and the air was getting thick. It was spitting just a tiny bit when I hopped on the bike to meet friends [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:56am EST
    by Kate

  • Mardi Gras Indians at the Congo Square Rhythms Festival

    I feel so, so much better today, so I was eager to get out on the bike for a play ride after cleaning the house and watching the Saints win. Again. Though this time it seemed unnecessarily close–c’mon, guys, we were playing the Rams! Anyway, I rode down to Louis [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:04am EST
    by Kate

  • The Set at Southern Repertory Theater

    Number of comments: 1
    The worst part of being sick is not feeling well enough to ride your bike. Well, that’s the worst thing for me. I’ve been a bit under the weather for awhile now, but this weekend I have really just been feeling rotten. I’ll ride a bike with a cold, but [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 3:03am EST
    by Kate

  • Freret St. Po Boy and Doughnuts at Freret and Valence

    Number of comments: 1
    I rode my bike up to campus today for a couple of meetings, and I’m glad I did, so I could ride back home along Freret. At D.’s suggestion, I stopped here, at Freret St. Po Boys and Donuts and picked up not one, but two glazed donuts. The man [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:10am EST
    by Kate

  • Decorated House at Peniston and S. Saratoga

    I rode home from work today, against the wind, even though I rode to work against the wind…where’s the payoff? Well, it’s in a sunny and warm mid-November day. Seriously. I’m still riding about in a t-shirt, skirt, and strappy sandals. I rode down Peniston because the smooth asphalt was [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:45am EST
    by Kate

  • House on Delachaise and S. Liberty, Redux

    I ride very similar routes around this town, every single day. Up and down St. Charles, down Simon Bolivar, up Baronne, up and down St. Claude. One thing I love about biking, though, is that there’s always something new to see, to notice, as long as you pay attention. I [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:50am EST
    by Kate

  • Pigeons Snacking at the Whole Foods on Magazine

    I was prepared for a significant storm today, but that’s not quite what happened. Let me amend–I thought about being prepared for a significant storm, but what that ended up meaning was that I wore flip flops on my ride to work just in case I got caught in a [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:56pm EST
    by Kate

  • Boarding Up for Ida at Annunciation and Harmony

    I spent my day nursing my somewhat sickly self at home and finishing up a ridiculous amount of grading. By the time the Saints had won and the sun was down, I needed to get out of the house, just for a little bit. I took Rhoda and went out [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 1:05am EST
    by Kate

  • Folks Browsing at the New Orleans Bookfair

    Number of comments: 3
    I don’t feel too hot today–I’ve got that icky feeling in the back of my throat that says something’s off. But it was such a beautiful day, and a beautiful day for a bike ride, so I sucked it up and went downtown to enjoy the sunshine and dry air [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:32pm EST
    by Kate

  • Lights at the World War II Museum in the Warehouse District

    Rhoda’s rear cog was a little loose and I don’t have the proper flat wrench for repair, so I took her to the bike shoppe for a little TLC this afternoon. Ten bucks later and the girl was riding like a dream, so I was happy to pedal her down [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 5:02am EST
    by Kate

  • Train Crossing at St. Claude and Press

    Number of comments: 2
    I know, I’m like a broken record, but the weather is so flipping beautiful here this week. I rode around running errands this afternoon, in a skirt and tank top and sandals as my shoulders baked in the sun. In November. Man, I love living here! Those hot and humid [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:04am EST
    by Kate

  • Men at the House of Blues

    Number of comments: 1
    After spending some time fixing Rhoda’s back wheel, I hopped on and rode down to the Treme to meet D. and R. before we headed to the House of Blues for a show. The weather is just plain perfect right now–cool but not cold, breezy but not windy, and clear [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 4:04am EST
    by Kate

  • New Construction at Louisiana and St. Charles

    It was a perfectly beautiful day in New Orleans–slightly cool, slightly breezy, clear as a bell. I hopped on the Surly, clipped in, and zipped up to work. Man, there is just nothing like riding that bike, skirt flying in the breeze. It reminds me, every time, just how perfect [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:47pm EST
    by Kate

  • Cars and Cars at Baronne and Howard

    I don’t know if you heard, but the Saints had a game tonight. And they are having a really good season. 6-0 going in to tonight’s game, in fact. It felt like the whole city was gearing up for a party, so I hopped on the Surly (Rhoda’s out of [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:36am EST
    by Kate

  • Halloween at St. Ann and Dauphine

    I have a lot of mixed feelings about Halloween in New Orleans. I hate the pressure to dress up and have fun, which never seems to be more than standing around with cheap beer watching the fiftieth Sarah Palin–wait–this year it’s Max from Where the Wild Things Are– walk by. [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 4:59am EST
    by Kate

  • Lights in the Courtyard at the Dragon’s Den

    Number of comments: 2
    It is hot and humid in New Orleans, even though it is the end of October. I was sweating like June when I got down to D.’s place for our weekly TV date with J., R., and S. Afterwards a few of us hopped on our bikes and rode over [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 4:03am EDT
    by Kate

  • Phillies vs. Yankees at Burgundy and Conti

    Number of comments: 2
    I got Rhoda some presents today. I stopped at the fabulously friendly and convenient Uptown shop, Mike the Bike Guy, and got her new handlebars (the right bar was finally rusting off after last year’s crash that bent it) and grips, a new front tire (that thing is so worn [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 2:17am EDT
    by Kate

  • Rubber Chicken and Clock on a Street Sign at Louisiana and Camp

    So I’m riding my bike back from dinner with K. and some grocery shopping when I pass this street sign at the corner of Louisiana and Camp. It is warning drivers to park for no more than two hours (my failure to follow this sign has resulted in some pretty [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 11:44pm EDT
    by Kate

  • Set Painting at Tulane’s Dixon Hall

    Number of comments: 1
    I rode my bike to work this morning, pumping as fast as I could, clocking a quick 12 minutes. I was excited–tonight was our big program event that we’ve been planning for two months, and I was ready to put that baby to bed. I needed to get some things [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 1:19am EDT
    by Kate

  • No Trespassing at Baronne and Terpsichore

    Number of comments: 1
    I spent a lovely day exploring the Barataria Nature Preserve with J., thinking it would be really nice to have a bike out there. Tonight, though, after a good bit of time spent repairing a flat and picking glass out of my front tire, I got to ride. I headed [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 3:51am EDT
    by Kate

  • Ship, Train, and Car at Poland and Chartres

    It was a beautiful day in New Orleans today, perfect for riding around, which is exactly what I did after meeting D. for lunch in the Marigny. I rode out on St. Claude. That bike lane is still my favorite place to ride in the city. I turned on Poland [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 2:38am EDT
    by Kate

  • Rainy Uptown Street

    Number of comments: 6
    The skies were ominous as I headed down to the CBD to pick up paper for our programs for the E. Patrick Johnson event on Monday, and then up to campus for a faculty meeting. But I wasn’t about to drive, so I got my raincoat and a plastic bag [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 2:21am EDT
    by Kate

  • Old Stove on Dauphine and St. Philip

    I rode my bike down to the Treme tonight to pick up some flyers for an event we’re organizing at work (you should come if you are in the New Orleans area! Next Monday! At Tulane!) and to see some friends. It was a most perfect night for a bike [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 12:47am EDT
    by Kate

  • New Construction on Annunciation Between Marengo and Milan

    Number of comments: 1
    Oh, this delightful fall weather! I put on pants! and a sweater! and rode my bike to work in the clear and sunny morning. I had a frustrating day–rather Kafkaesque, to be honest–but riding home in this weather let me work out some of the niggling irritations of copy machines [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 12:14am EDT
    by Kate

  • T-Model Ford at the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival

    Number of comments: 1
    I’ve been off the bike for a few days due to a bit of a cold, but I had to pedal a little today. I’d planned a long ride, but then I got a call from A. B. had called her with two 50-yard line seats to the Saints-Giants game–could [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 12:52am EDT
    by Kate

  • HBO Second Line in the Treme

    Number of comments: 4
    Good lord, it’s hot in New Orleans! I know, I know–it’s a good problem to have if you are living somewhere where it’s already snowing. But I long for fall bike rides. Then again, the sun felt good as I headed out on my bike toward the Treme after watching [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 2:55am EDT
    by Kate

  • Tree Root Across the Sidewalk on St. Mary’s Near Coliseum

    I am under the weather, all sniffles and sinuses, and this is really putting a dent in my bicycling. I mean, I need to breathe, people! But after some decongestant and guaifenesin, I was in shape to ride to the CBD to meet K. for our weekly dinner date. It [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 12:22am EDT
    by Kate

  • Graffiti at Dauphine and Conti

    Number of comments: 4
    Last night’s rain has left this city soggy, and I was a bit nervous about getting caught in a downpour on my ride to work. I stayed dry, but it’s definitely time to start thinking about getting some quality rain gear. I took the Surly out for the first time [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 12:30am EDT
    by Kate

  • Frog on an Uptown Window

    Number of comments: 3
    I’m back from a bike-less trip to California. It was a bit odd, going five days without riding a bicycle, but I think my knees appreciated the rest, and though I didn’t need it, Los Angeles traffic reminded me that I prefer riding a bicycle around to sitting in a [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 12:21am EDT
    by Kate

  • Brady House at Camp and Conery

    Number of comments: 3
    I had an incredible amount of stuff to get done today and was feeling stretched thin. But then I remembered that some of those errands could be run by bike, slowly, along side streets. That always, always makes me feel better. Bikes are like that–a guaranteed fix for most stresses. [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 10:07pm EDT
    by Kate

  • Foam Block Construction at Freret and Jena

    Number of comments: 5
    It has been raining like crazy and I’ve been crazy busy preparing for a trip to Los Angeles this week, which has been seriously putting a crimp in my riding and blogging. It was pouring rain when I woke up, but it let up just enough for me to ride [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 12:09am EDT
    by Kate

  • Construction on Magazine at the I10 Underpass

    Number of comments: 2
    I took the Surly out for a leisurely ride down to the Marigny to get some writing done this afternoon. I love putting on a fluffy skirt and my shimano shoes, putting on some music, clipping in, and flying down newly paved streets. New Orleans is putting in so many. [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2009, 12:09am EDT
    by Kate

  • Loyola Bike Auction at the Freret Street Garage

    Today’s ride took me up to campus for a meeting. Afterward, I walked the Surly over to Loyola with R. to check out their biannual bike auction. Lots of bikes get abandoned on campus, left locked up, their owners failing to return. The Loyola police gather them up and put [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 1:57am EDT
    by Kate

  • Ironwork at Coliseum Square Park

    Oh yes, fall is in the air. It was warm when I rode to work this morning, hot when I rode home, warm when I rode to meet K. for dinner, and then a teensy bit chilly as we walked my bike over to the coffee shop afterwards. It is [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2009, 12:29am EDT
    by Kate

  • Abandoned City Hall Annex at Canal and Tonti

    Number of comments: 1
    I was tired after a long day, but I couldn’t let this first cool(ish) evening go without getting out for a ride on the Surly. It was positively lovely out there. I headed over to Canal and rode over and along Bayou St. John, where lots of folks were out [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 12:55am EDT
    by Kate

  • Glowing Puppets at Constance and Orange

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    Today’s bike ride took me down to the Marigny to meet up with S. for some writing and coffee. It is apparently the last warm day for awhile, but I’ll believe that when I feel it. I zipped back Uptown to meet K. for a show. A former student, Miss [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 12:41am EDT
    by Kate

  • Discarded Helmet on Magazine at Philip

    Number of comments: 10
    I have been writing this bike blog for well over a year, posting over three hundred times, and yet I have never posted, not even once, about bike helmets. This is an incredibly contentious issue among riders, and I really ought to have an opinion. I passed this mixed-use helmet [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2009, 11:41pm EDT
    by Kate

  • Bike Parking at the Saint on Lower Magazine

    Number of comments: 3
    Tonight found me riding my bike down to the Lower Garden District to meet friends for drinks and socializing, and then over to one of my favorite bars for some dancing. The first place didn’t have anywhere to put bikes, so I locked up on a pole about half a [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2009, 4:24am EDT
    by Kate

  • Delicious New Asphalt at St. Charles and Louisiana

    It is so, so humid here. I know, I know–that’s New Orleans. But really people, it’s crazy humid here lately. When I rode to the coffee shop today it was pouring rain, but then it stopped and the sun came out and the steam was rising. I headed down to [...]
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    Posted: September 26, 2009, 3:32am EDT
    by Kate

  • Abandoned School at N. Miro and St. Ann

    Number of comments: 3
    After spending a couple of hours cleaning the Surly, including cleaning between each individual link in the chain and scrubbing the derailleur, all of which was incredibly pleasurable, I took the bike out for a ride. I headed to Mid-City for coffee and a cookie and some writing. Afterward I [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 2:22am EDT
    by Kate

  • Stained Glass Window at NOPD 2nd District Headquarters

    This is the best photograph I got tonight. It was so humid here on my ride to pick up some dinner that the flash turned the rest of my pictures in to a fuzzy mess. But I  did get this photo of the stained glass window at the NOPD 2nd [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2009, 1:12am EDT
    by Kate

  • Distressed and New Facades at Dauphine and Toulouse.

    Number of comments: 2
    It was a stormy day in New Orleans, but I magically missed the downpours, by just six minutes on my ride home from work and altogether on my ride up from the Treme, where I enjoyed a delicious homemade organic carrot cake from D. I snapped this photo of two [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 1:25am EDT
    by Kate

  • Downed One-Way Sign at S. Claiborne and Pine

    Number of comments: 2
    A couple weeks ago I got a rear view mirror for my helmet/glasses, but I’ve been slow to actually use it. After finishing up a bunch of work this afternoon, I decided to give it a go and take the Surly out for a ride. I hooked up the mirror [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 11:37pm EDT
    by Kate

  • New and Decaying Houses at 2nd and S. Rocheblave

    I woke up a little sore from last night’s dance party, so I knew it would be a lazy biking day. After a ride down to the Lower Garden District for lunch with N. and a stop at the office supply store for a new set of markers, I rode [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 2:08am EDT
    by Kate

  • Hotel on St. Charles in the CBD

    I rode my bike down to the Treme tonight for a party at M. & M.’s place. I went ready to dance, and dance I did. I had such a good time, seeing friends I’ve not seen in a while, an old student or two, colleagues. It was a delightfully [...]
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    Posted: September 19, 2009, 4:24am EDT
    by Kate

  • Brown’s Dairy at Baronne and Erato

    My rides today took me to work for a faculty meeting and then down to the Treme for my standing Thursday night date with friends. I rode slowly up Baronne on my way home, needing some extra time, letting the bike do that thing it does so well–concentrate my attention [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2009, 3:21am EDT
    by Kate

  • House Under Construction at Pleasant and Constance

    It was another warm and humid fall day in New Orleans, and it was my Friday, making the ride to work all the more pleasurable. At an impromptu lunch with R. and N., we talked about the pleasures of watching change happen in this city. I mean, I ride my [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 2:00am EDT
    by Kate

  • Home Mission Baptist Church at Erato and Gayoso

    Number of comments: 2
    It was a beautiful summery day in New Orleans, so after work and homework, I pulled up a map of the city and picked a place to ride; today it was Gert Town. I went up Louisiana, through the Neighborhood Development Foundation’s recently-established Hoffman Triangle neighborhood, and then took a [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2009, 11:45pm EDT
    by Kate

  • Police Activity at Felicity and Annunciation

    After dinner tonight I hopped on my bike and rode down to the coffee shop to do some reading. It was a lovely, humid night, perfect for a ride. I rode up Annunciation on my way home, but had to go around this police activity. I could see the blue [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2009, 11:58pm EDT
    by Kate

  • Decaying House in Hollygrove at Monroe and Pine

    It has been a rainy mess around here lately, and it has definitely been putting the kibosh on my long rides. I really don’t like to start a ride in the rain. I mean, I’ll continue in the rain, but I prefer not to ask for the slippery roads and [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 11:42pm EDT
    by Kate

  • The Cat Practice at Magazine and Felicity

    Number of comments: 1
    This week marked another anniversary of what we’ve collectively decided to call “9/11.” I didn’t expect to notice the anniversary this year. That single event has changed so much of what we take for granted, so much of how we think about our relationships to the state, to others, to [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 4:02am EDT
    by Kate

  • Luckmore Finance at Baronne and Girod

    Number of comments: 3
    I rode my bike down to the Treme tonight for some TV with friends and then a stop at S.’s to meet her delightful friend T., in town for one night only. As I crossed Canal from University Place, I had a first-time experience as a biker in New Orleans. [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 3:48am EDT
    by Kate

  • Fence Segment on Annuciation Near Philip

    Number of comments: 1
    It was spitting rain on my ride home from work today, but it dried up for my ride to meet K. for dinner. That doesn’t mean the air was dry, of course. It was seriously thick out there. I rode home up Annunciation, and near Philip I snapped this picture [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 2:53am EDT
    by Kate

  • New Construction at Felicity and Baronne

    Number of comments: 5
    Today was one of those days when my bike is my transportation. I commuted up to work for my morning seminar and then back home for lunch and letter writing. I took my grading down to the Marigny for late afternoon coffee. After a walk and dinner with S. I [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2009, 12:02am EDT
    by Kate

  • Abandoned (?) Bicycle At Louisiana and Camp

    Number of comments: 1
    I spent labor day getting some much-needed work done following the last several days of Southern Decadence, so I kept the bike in the neighborhood, cruising to the drug store, the coffee shop to get some writing in, and then the grocery store for supplies for tonight’s red curry with [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2009, 11:18pm EDT
    by Kate

  • Crowd Control at the Southern Decadence Parade

    I had planned to stay Uptown today to get some work done, especially since it looked like it would pour again. But after a quick ride around my neighborhood and some lunch, the sun was out and it seemed like a most excellent day for a ride down to the [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2009, 3:59am EDT
    by Kate

  • Make It Right Houses on Tennessee in the Lower 9th

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    I picked up my touring bike from R. this afternoon and planned to ride home and then get some work done. But once I got on the bike, I just wanted to keep riding. I headed out on St. Claude Avenue via the lovely bike lane and then over the [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2009, 4:03am EDT
    by Kate

  • “Cyclists Dismount” Sign at Tulane University

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    This will be a blog about bikes and the need for proper places to ride. It’s not about New Orleans, rebuilding, broken levees, crumbling infrastructure, music, Mardi Gras, weather, neighborhoods, or anything else. It’s just going to be a rant about biking conditions in this town. As I was riding [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 1:55am EDT
    by Kate

  • NOPD Homeless Assistance Collaborative Under the Pontchartrain Expressway

    You remember those scenes of people stranded on the freeways, waiting to get out of New Orleans after the levees broke? Well, people are still stuck on freeways–only now, underneath them. I snapped this picture of the underpass on Dryades as I crossed in to the CBD from the Lower [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2009, 1:09am EDT
    by Kate

  • Tiny House on Camp Street Near Napoleon

    Yesterday’s bike ride found me stranded on Bayou St. John in a serious, serious rainstorm. It was so bad I actually took a ride home. In a car. My touring bike is getting some quality time over there on Moss Street while I ride Rhoda. Today’s ride was just a [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2009, 11:05pm EDT
    by Kate

  • Lanterns on the Pedestrian Bridge at Bayou St. John

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    I don’t know what to write today. I barely knew what to see today. It’s the fourth anniversary of Katrina, and I am acutely aware that I wasn’t here then. I was living in Hartford, Connecticut, trying to finish my dissertation, missing California, and hating the uncomfortable broken-down office furniture [...]
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    Posted: August 30, 2009, 3:30am EDT
    by Kate

  • Power Pole at St. Claude and Marigny

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    Sometimes riding my bike just feels like flying. That’s what it felt like tonight, as I rode down to the Marigny to meet friends for drinks. I’d spent the day reading, thinking, writing, cleaning, and cooking, so when night came around, it was time to just fly. After a first [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2009, 2:49am EDT
    by Kate

  • John Brown’s New Orleans Sidewalk Astronomy at Cafe du Monde

    Tonight’s bike ride took me over to the Treme to watch some TV with D. and friends. The evening air felt oddly cool; it’s only August, and it already feels like fall! I’m sure it will warm up again, but I’m just a bit nervous that summer’s over. On my [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 2:53am EDT
    by Kate

  • St. Thomas Housing Development at Chippewa and St. Andrew

    Number of comments: 4
    School in session has meant a whole lot more work. I fear my job is getting in the way of my mindless riding around town. Today, after my commute to and from work, I hopped back on the bike and tooled down to the Marigny for coffee and writing with [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2009, 1:07am EDT
    by Kate

  • Agnes L. Bauduit Elementary School in Uptown

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    Today was the first day of school. I love the first day of school. It is so full of hope and promise. Nobody’s behind on the readings yet, you get to go to the bookstore and ogle the selection. You get to see who’s in your classes and say hi [...]
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    Posted: August 24, 2009, 11:07pm EDT
    by Kate

  • New Orleans Skyline From the S. Jeff Pkway Pedestrian Bridge

    Yesterday’s ride took a lot out of me, so I must admit I wasn’t terribly looking forward to the ride down to D.’s in the Treme, though I was definitely hip to an end-of-summer grilling extravaganza, complete with key lime pie. God, I love key lime pie. Anyway, I picked [...]
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    Posted: August 24, 2009, 12:15am EDT
    by Kate

  • Houses at Vicksburg Near Porteous

    Number of comments: 2
    I finished up some last-minute work on this semester’s syllabi yesterday and decided to spend the waning hours of my summer on my bike. It was surprisingly dry yesterday–N. said it was only 15% humidity–and the sky was blue, no thunderstorms threatening. Perfect. And I just love a good destination-less [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2009, 8:44am EDT
    by Kate

  • Stop Sign at Prytania and Joseph

    Today I rode up to campus along Prytania, enjoying its smooth asphalt. When it hits Joseph Street, you get to jog right or left, and the asphalt gets considerably bumpier, and the shoulder much smaller. As I tooled up to the stop, I noticed the cartoon stop sign on the [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 1:11am EDT
    by Kate

  • Rain at St. Louis and Burgundy

    I rode my bike down to the Marigny to meet S. for coffee and then back up to work for a meeting early this afternoon. The sun was out and the sky was blue. Not so when I headed down to the Treme tonight. The sky was gray, but i [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 2:36am EDT
    by Kate

  • View of Downtown From O’Keefe and Girod

    Today’s riding included a task ride to campus where I set up my new office. This may make me unpopular with some of my colleagues, but I’m actually really looking forward to classes starting. Clean slate, new students, new readings…I love the start of school. After a long afternoon of [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2009, 2:31am EDT
    by Kate

  • Woodward, Wight, and Co. in the Warehouse District

    Number of comments: 7
    Today’s ride took me down to the Treme for S.’s going-away brunch. It seems like people are always leaving, like New Orleans is a stop on the road to elsewhere for lots and lots of folks. It can be sad to say goodbye so often, but S. is off to [...]
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    Posted: August 16, 2009, 10:30pm EDT
    by Kate

  • Popeye’s at Claiborne and Milan

    Number of comments: 2
    I left my house around 2:00 this afternoon, clipped in to my bike and hoping to run in to trouble somewhere. That’s my idea of a perfect Saturday afternoon. I started by tooling over to 4238 Claiborne, where I snapped this photo of Popeye’s. Why, you might wonder? Well, there [...]
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    Posted: August 16, 2009, 5:27am EDT
    by Kate

  • Contemporary Architecture at Seventh and Dryades

    Number of comments: 2
    There’s nothing like a ride through Central City to sober a girl up. I took Dryades on my ride down to the Treme today. S. goes in for surgery at 5:00am tomorrow, and I thought it best to stay down here rather than bike down in the morning. My main [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 10:46pm EDT
    by Kate

  • Virgin Mary With Mardi Gras Beads at Marengo and Camp

    I had a lazy day today just doing things around the house and staring at my cats. I fixed a flat on the Surly and then took her out for a ride this afternoon to meet N. for some Mexico/U.S. soccer action.I then rode my bike home, where I passed [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 4:42am EDT
    by Kate

  • Queen of the Ball at Oak and Carrollton

    I forgot how rainy late summer is in New Orleans, but the sky is helpfully reminding me. I just missed the rain on my ride to work, where I had lunch with B., and we talked about where we’ve been in the last six weeks and where we’re going. I [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2009, 11:50pm EDT
    by Kate

  • New Orleans Urgent Care at Magazine and St. Joseph

    Number of comments: 3
    It was another rainy and sticky day in New Orleans as I rode around town to work, to the coffee shop, to dinner with K., and then down to the Treme to visit with D. and her kitty, Astro, who is very, very sick. I decided to take Magazine back [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2009, 2:51am EDT
    by Kate

  • Be The Change You Seek Mural at Baronne and Philip

    This post really belongs on a blog titled What I Saw Pushing My Bike Around In The Rain Today. As I was leaving this morning to meet S. at the coffee shop in the Marigny I thought to myself, remember to grab the patch kit and pump. Wish I’d heeded [...]
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    Posted: August 09, 2009, 11:13pm EDT
    by Kate

  • The Red Corner at the Freret Street Gym

    I spent today using my bicycle for transportation. Yes, the bike is not just a toy. It is how I get from place to place. Today found me riding to and from the coffee shop and then uptown to the Freret Street Gym for their Friday Night Fights. My friend [...]
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    Posted: August 08, 2009, 5:04am EDT
    by Kate

  • Hip Hop City Urban Wear at Baronne and MLK

    Number of comments: 1
    I was out late tonight, sipping whiskey on S.’s Treme balcony, listening to her recount her scary car accident of a couple days ago. I’m glad she’s ok and back home, but sad she won’t be able to ride a bike for awhile. Curses, broken hand! When I finally headed [...]
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    Posted: August 07, 2009, 3:18am EDT
    by Kate

  • Acupuncture at St. Anna’s Episcopal Church

    Number of comments: 1
    Tonight’s bike ride took me down the the Treme to meet D. and E. for dinner at St. Anna’s Episcopal Church at Marigny and Esplanade. D. and I got there after the service was over but were easily welcomed in for red beans and rice (perfectly seasoned), salad, and bread. [...]
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    Posted: August 06, 2009, 1:03am EDT
    by Kate

  • St. Charles Streetcar in the CBD

    Number of comments: 1
    Today I rode down to the Marigny for breakfast with a friend, with the plan to get some writing done over coffee afterward. My good buddy S. called from Mississippi with bad news–she’d been in a car accident (don’t worry–everybody’s ok, including the dog)–and that put a crimp in my [...]
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    Posted: August 04, 2009, 11:52pm EDT
    by Kate

  • Tree Debris at General Taylor and Annunciation

    Number of comments: 2
    The past couple of days have found me a bit in denial. I want to ride my bike. A lot. But I pulled a muscle while riding around on Saturday. I really, really want to be riding my bike, but even walking hurts, so today I faced the music and [...]
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    Posted: August 04, 2009, 12:26am EDT
    by Kate

  • Abandoned Motel at Tulane and S. Galvez

    Today’s ride took me Uptown and over to Mid-City via Carrollton to meet K. and M. for coffee and work. The ride was tiring because of the intense humidity. I mean, my glasses were fogging up as I pedaled over the bayou. Today was one of those bike rides where [...]
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    Posted: August 02, 2009, 11:54pm EDT
    by Kate

  • Fuck Prisons Graffiti on Jeff Davis and I10

    This town, like any town worth its salt, is covered in graffiti. Some of it is deemed interesting enough to get covered on blogs and in the local paper, like the “Think That You Might Be Wrong” signs posted all over town. Those signs are considered by many to be [...]
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    Posted: August 02, 2009, 1:33am EDT
    by Kate

  • Lightning Over Lee Circle

    Number of comments: 5
    I’m back in New Orleans and back on my bike. Rhoda felt so different from the big old cruiser I’ve been riding. I like a high seat, what can I say, and I’m happy to be back high up on the bike. Leaving the Bay Area was a little bittersweet. [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2009, 3:46am EDT
    by Kate
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