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What are your plans for the long weekend?
Will you get out on the open road for a little bike-camping? Or perhaps take part in the “slow and easy” Old Apple Tree Park Ride or Milkshake Ride on Saturday?
Or maybe you’re more of the serious type and you plan on suiting up for the second annual Portland Triathlon.
Just want to say thanks to everyone who came out last night for the opening party of the Sprockettes-themed art and photo show at Breeze Block Gallery.
It was neat to see my photos in their full glory, set free from the confines of a computer screen. It was also an honor to share the space with artist Tiago DeJerk and photographer Sarah Eastman.
The TriMet bus operator who started a petition hoping to stop a plan to allow bike access through the Rose Quarter Transit Center has just left a comment here on BikePortland.org explaining his views.
Dan Christensen wrote that he loves to bike and that “one of the best times” of his life was a bike tour through Europe with his wife.
In his comment, Christensen also tries to make it clear that his concerns do not come from a hatred of bikes (“I love bikes and what they are bringing to my beloved city”), but that, “before we put bike lanes through Rose Quarter all voices should be heard.”
I’m headed to the 2008 Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference in Seattle next week along with a large contingent from Portland. Among the highlights will be the unveiling of the first-ever Bike Friendly States rankings by the League of American Bicyclists.
While riding down NE Alberta Street yesterday I noticed a new cafe with some fantastic bike parking.
Pedal to Properties, a Boulder, Colorado-based real estate company that shows homes by bike, plans to open up an office in Portland.
Co-founder Chris Sweeney told me via telephone this morning that they’ve already met with commercial real estate agents in Portland and they hope to nail down an office space in the next month or so.
AWESOME SHAKE2SHAKE
Mio Gelato, NE 15th Ave and Brazee St
12:30pm
What’s better than a milkshake on a hot summer day?! See how we shake it in NENE Portland on a slow, leisurely tour exploring the milkshake emporiums of Beaumont, Roseway and Hollywood: more shake! less ride!
Bring $$ and/or a cup for sharing. No rider left behind (unless you want to stay for more); we will climb the ridge once (sloooowly). Nonlooping ride (but I can take you back to the start).
Drink your milkshake! Drink it up!
Jenny, editrixpdx@hotmail.com