We both did our best on that last, cold day but, like Carole King said, it was too late, baby. My trusty Townie, the bike that had been with me for 18 years, got stuck in first gear and, as I pedaled so furiously and yet so painfully slowly that my young companions had to [...]
The message, stern and somewhat threatening, appeared yesterday on every single door of my daughter Katherine's apartment building. "The laundry room is not for personal storage space," it read. "If those are your bikes downstairs, you have 24 hours to remove them, otherwise the office will remove and dispose of them." And that's how Paired [...]
My son and daughter in-law Vinnie and Danni share a love of adventure, a palate for good wine and an affinity for hard work. As level one sommelieres, they understand that, when stressed by the elements, fruit can either grow bitter or more robust. Just like us. In the face of COVID-19 challenges that stymied [...]
Yesterday, my husband Vince and I limped our bikes down to the local bike shop for their annual tuneup. I love my bike and it's been loved. Each rip on the handle bar grips tells a story. The gears shift in a temperamental manner that keeps the cadence of my pedal interesting. The seat grows [...]
Since August the state of Wisconsin has been lucky enough to be represented in Washington D.C. by one of La Crosse's golden sons, my old college/New York roommate Devin. Devin is attending a two-year grad school program at Georgetown, and two months in seemed like the perfect time to arrange a delegation of Wisconsinites to go [...]