As an eastsider, I haven’t spent much time west of Woodward Avenue on my bike, so I decided I’d ride out to Fenkell to see what life is like on that side of town. My two-wheel journey took me from West Warren Avenue north on Rosa Parks Boulevard to Fenkell. On Fenkell I headed west [...]
Archive for August, 2010
A Westside Ride
Posted in Uncategorized on August 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Colorful Caribbean Floats
Posted in Uncategorized on August 18, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The other day I was pedaling down a nondescript Detroit side street on my way to Belle Isle. While rolling along, I came upon an old, brick warehouse where the exterior walls were covered with colorful banners that reminded me of butterfly or dragonfly wings. The 10’ to 12’ high wings were glowing in the late afternoon [...]
Wildflowers of Detroit
Posted in Uncategorized on August 11, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I see them on my 2-wheel travels. They seem to be everywhere this time of the year. Some are small, yellow in color, stuck in a patch of overgrown grass. I’ve seen a few purple colored varieties, mixed in with other unknown plants, growing wild along railroad tracks where the ground is hard as a [...]
Critical Mass – An Urban Bike Ride
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Last Friday evening I was one of 250 to 300 bicyclists who met at Trumbull Avenue and West Warren for the monthly Critical Mass urban bike ride. The ride is a worldwide event held on the last Friday of the month in over 300 cities. It’s designed to bring awareness to the unfriendliness bicyclists sometimes [...]
