Temporary Bike Graffiti

Was just looking through some of my older photos and saw a theme in these few. How to make temporary graffiti:







Happy weekend everyone! We're getting busy here with starting to pack and finish up last details before leaving on Wednesday for Amsterdam and then Vilnius - forgive me if you don't hear much from me before we leave, there will be plenty to post afterward, I'm sure. Cheers!

15 Minutes

This morning when I arrived at work, I went in and grabbed a coffee and decided to just go sit outside, sip the coffee, enjoy the nice cool morning while it was still cool, and do a bit of people watching. In the 15 minutes or so that I was sitting there, here is what I saw.

Summer of summers

It has continued to be a pretty pleasant summer here in Portland, but we're heading for some warmer weather today and through the weekend. This is more or less irrelevant though, as all this means is that, as usual, there are plenty of people going about their business by bicycle. Just take it easy, stop for a drink, wear a nice hat to keep you from sun stroke, and off you go.

Portlandize Goes Abroad

This September, my wife and I will be heading out of country to visit a couple of places in Europe.

First on the list will be Amsterdam, and specifically we'll be meeting up with Marc of Amsterdamize.


Photo via Amsterdamize


Photo via Amsterdamize


Photo via Amsterdamize


Photo via Amsterdamize

Of course, the bicycle situation in the Netherlands is probably nothing new to most of the readers here, and we will be excited to experience it firsthand and share with you all, not to mention that it's just a beautiful city and we are excited to see it in person.

The second stop on our trip will be Lithuania (specifically Vilnius and Kaunas).









We lived in Vilnius for a year between 2003-2004, and we are excited to go back and visit again, see familiar places, and a few people as well. The situation with regard to bicycles is much different there than in the Netherlands (or even Portland), but it is seeming to be up and coming, as it is in many places in the world right now. In any case, Vilnius is a beautiful, quiet city with small streets, great public transportation and a lot of people out and about, so there will be plenty to share there as well, I'm sure.

I probably won't have a chance to post here while we are there, but I may post some photos in my flickr stream while we are there, so feel free to check that the first couple weeks of September if you're interested.

Any of you have any recent exciting travels or plans for travel in the near future?

(Bike) Love is all around

It truly is a summer for bikes in Portland. The weather has been wonderful, hanging in the mid-80's during the day, cool at night, it's been a bit cloudy in the mornings, burning off to gorgeous, sunny afternoons, and people have been all over the place on their bikes. Going to and from work, taking their dog for a ride, tourists renting bikes or going on short group rides, and going out to brunch, breakfast, lunch, dinner - they're everywhere. Cheers!