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What I Saw Riding My Bike Around Today

  • 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

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    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

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    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
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