Don’t steal bikes, Bro. Some bike messengers last month took justice into their own hands when they caught two suspected thieves, teenage boys who attended a local Catholic high school. According to police, the messengers stripped down the teens to their boxer shorts before taking their cellphones, backpacks and clothes. More in LA Times Blog: read more
A reminder for you that the scale of the tragedy in Belgium occurs four times a day, every single day of the year, on U.S. roads and highways. I’m not denying that this isn’t newsworthy and that mass transportation shouldn’t be safer, but I would like to inject a little perspective into it. Elsewhere Bicleta read more
Grant Street, San Francisco, California. My family and I wandered around Chinatown last weekend. The Chinese New Year began yesterday and celebrations will continue through the end of February. This east Asian Lunar festival is also celebrated by the Vietnamese as Tet, and also by the Koreans, Mongolians, Tibetans and Bhutanese. The Japanese celebrate the read more
Miso soup is the typical Japanese soup made from miso paste and a fishy broth. The soup is super easy and quick to prepare, but you need some ingredients that may not be widely available at all supermarkets. I list the ingredients and preparation tips below.
SF2G is the group of cyclists who ride the 42 miles from San Francisco to the Google campus in Mountain View. Murph mentioned this the other day, that somebody from the Examiner talked to a few SF2G riders. You can see the infamous bikes-on-sidewalk photo in the Examiner article about SF2G. P.S. Happy Valentines Day. read more
Ed van der Elsken was a Dutch photographer and film maker. Naturally, one of his favorite subjects was of people riding bicycles (and motorcycles) in Amsterdam. Translated from Rad Spannerei: Ed van der Elsken (March 10, 1925 in Amsterdam, † December 28, 1990 in Edam) was a Dutch photographer and filmmaker. His work was exhibited read more
