It's Bike to Work Week! This Friday, the Bicycle Coalition of Maine is hosting a celebration at Bug Light Park from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. You can get details about the event here!
This morning's iPod tune was Fool for You from the John Butler Trio, and here's another thing I like: ukulele! John Butler plays acoustic uke, right here:
Evergreen Cemetery is easily one of my favorite places in Portland. The trees are a big part of that - and now the aging trees need some help. This article in the Portland Daily Sun explains why, and what a nonprofit group is doing to try to keep Evergreen green for the future.
The first song I heard from Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit was a cover of "When I Grow Up." Their take on the Fever Ray song is very different than the original...
Andrew Mockler is a runner and recent St. Joseph's College grad with some mad web skillz. He's using them to run MERaces.com, a website listing running, cycling, and triathlon events around the state. Looking for a race? You can probably find it here!
Big props to Ethan for sending me this app - Chimani has free guides for a number of national parks, including Acadia. It's really comprehensive and easy to use, which means maybe I won't get totally lost if I go hiking in Acadia this summer!
A lot of friends I know are cutting back on meat or cutting it out altogether - do stories like this make you think twice about eating beef? Or do you think these are isolated incidents?
Awwww - Nate Ruess from Fun. is the voice of Humpty Dumpty here! All to encourage kids to read... I don't know, Curious George was always my favorite - but I pictured him having a falsetto.
So earlier this week, a friend of mine got yelled at while biking to work - even though she was obeying the rules of the road!
Under Maine state law, cyclists have the same rights and responsibilities as any other vheicle operator, so what gives? Where do cyclists belong?
Here's a link to the Bicycle Coalition of Maine website where they talk about the rules of the road (pssst - they've also got tips for bicycle commuting!).
Oh, and here's a great article about a study about how to increase the number of cyclists in cities.
Bike on, friends. Safely.
Biking with all these beads hanging off your bike is probably not safe.
When I was in university in Halifax, the pedicab guys always impressed me - biking up and down hills pulling two tourists at a time? Crazy! And now, I can be just as impressed by the pedicab drivers of Portland! Maine Pedicab opened for business this month. Read all about it here
James Fereira of Maine Pedicab (photo courtesy of Portland Press Herald/Gregory Rec)
Falmouth runner Sheri Piers finished 10th at the Boston Marathon yesterday - and she was the FIRST American woman to finish! How cool is that? You can see her post-race interview with Runner's World here.
Team Penobscot is running the Boston Marathon to support a cause dear to their hearts: restoring habitat for Atlantic salmon and 10 other species of migrating fish in the Penobscot River! You can learn more about what they're doing and who they are here!
Atayne, the performance wear company based in Brunswick, is in the running for a big grand prize from the National Retail Federation! They've submitted this video about the work that they do:
Be sure to vote here if you dig what Atayne is doing!
My friend and fine art photographer Adam Chittenden is showing some of his new work at Hilltop Coffee this month! You can see the images there, or by clicking here!
Patrick Dempsey will be executive producer for a new documentary combining stories of cancer patients and survivors, and those who are cycling to raise funds and awareness. The filmmaker, Ramsey Tripp, is a Lewiston native! Read about the documentary here!
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