One thing that is really hard for me about life in Walla Walla is the lack of a Trader Joe’s within a 200 mile radius. Whenever I travel to Portland, or even California, I stock up and drag all my TJ’s loot back home with me. I even shipped a box of kitchen goodies home [...]

The MB3 logo was created by Julie Mainwood from Mad Max Designs. Click on the image to be taken to that cool site. Yesterday in the comments section, d’Andre asked about a new local bicycle advocacy group called Milwaukee Business By Bike.  I knew about MB3,but their mission is specific to business. I thought it might [...]

As my other rights to collective bargaining are being stripped from me, it seems only fitting that I look for another way to organize. After hearing from Driftless Tim about their successes around La Crosse and how Sonia and Ron have cut new trail out in the Wild West, I feel even more strongly that people in Milwaukee who [...]

Every once in a while I walk past a really awesome bike I’ve never seen before locked up on the street.  Sometimes it is a sweet Kierin fixie, sometimes it is a Dutch commuter new to me, other times the bike just has some je ne sais quoi that makes it worth a photo.  Check out this Huffy [...]

 This is just one of my oldest son’s most favorite meals to eat.  And it’s simple since you can throw it together early in the day, or even the day before, and then pop it in the oven to bake for a bit when you need a quick dinner on the table. I’m not going [...]

A few months ago I visited one of my favorite food blogger sites: Kathy at Polwig. She had just updated her cooking section with a dish she called Chicken Cakes with Herbs and I knew right away I wanted to give them a try.  I did and exactly as her post described they were not [...]

Do you love soup as much as I do?  I could eat soup three times a day, everyday for a month and never be sick of it. My husband has another opinion.  He likes soup, but for him it’s a lunch item accompanied by a sandwich.  For me, it’s a meal.  For my children it [...]

As I mentioned in a couple previous posts, I am interested in growing the sense of identity and community among people in Milwaukee who ride bicycles for transportation.  If you are a club rider or a racer, you have a built-in identity and social network.  If you’re just a person who rides a bike to [...]

How exciting and impressive to witness a mostly peaceful revolution in our time! There were some rocks, batons and fire bombs, but instead of guns, the real weapons of The face of revolution in Egypt. AP Photo/Victoria Hazou revolution chosen by the people of Egypt were the electronic media, modern social networking, and most importantly, an inspiring display of peaceful civil disobedience and [...]

It’s getting hard to keep up with all the music videos shot from a cyclechic point of view.  What a nice problem to have. I found this one on the Malmo/Lund Cyclechic site, one of my favorite places to visit on the web. With airfares to Europe around $1,000 a person these days, a middle class [...]