And our last question of the week:

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8. Here you go! "... you can check out but you can never leave..." 🤪

@ascentale @bikenite Out on errands last time, I stopped by the Kenmore post office to drop off some mail and noticed a sign pointing me towards this new store: "music non-stop / play * record * collect"

Sadly they were closed that day despite being a Wednesday, but they do warn you:

"days & hours of operation are organic
generally wed - sat 12 pm - 8 pm usually on sunday & also by appointment
sometimes we close earlier & sometimes we close later, so call or check the website first"

their window display includes not just the usual antiques but things like WIRE RECORDINGS so I'm like

I gotta see this place when it's open

#BikeNite #seattle #kenmore

@ascentale @bikenite This cracked me up.

@genex @ascentale @bikenite …. and now I’m craving Russian honey cake!

Wishing you a speedy recovery too

@grammasaurus @ascentale @bikenite thx get some, it's so good!!!

@ascentale @bikenite When riding to work the other day, I saw a Ford pickup with a custom license plate that read "Gerald".

It was a dumb enough pun that I remembered it.

I also saw my front fender go flying off my bike in two pieces mid ride. Nobody was hurt.

#bikeNite

@ascentale @bikenite see also this sign outside

#BikeNite #seattle #kenmore #music

@ascentale @bikenite A8: a couple photos to give you an idea of the weather we’ve had

@ascentale @bikenite also i kinda wanna check that "midi" port in the wall next time i'm there

#bikenite

@adamrice @ascentale @bikenite

There is a sign here near the airport that warns about low flying airplanes.

Basically all that does is induce anxiety as there is nothing I can do about airplanes going to the airport.

@ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A8. Snow! I actually have photos this week of my ride home from a meeting downtown in the snow, but my server is being uncooperative right now, so I can't upload them.

I had meetings downtown on both Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and both nights it snowed on me. I, of course, *still* have not put on eiher set of my Winter tires, but I was still fine, even going through 2" (5 cm) of snow on the way home.

@ascentale A8. This week I saw the psychedelic rock band Agouti at Bottom of the Hill, a legendary venue I love and will miss when it closes this year, despite the venue having tried to fight a protected bike lane in front. Looks like their patrons are enjoying the improvement.

#BikeNite @bikenite

@meganL @ascentale @bikenite I remember hearing about Burning Man via USENET way back in the '90s. At the time, I desperately wanted to go, but I knew that by the time a garden variety mildly eccentric nerd with artistic pretensions like me could just go without having to know The Right People, it wouldn't be what I hoped to experience, anymore.

About the same time, King Missile released a song with a line "I want to be just like all the Different People.", and ouch, did I ever feel seen when I heard that!

@ascentale @bikenite

A8: Yesterday bikeride was a bit different. Winter rally is in town and the start is on the bikeroad by the river. Lovely day, -17 C and sun so I decided to have a look. Warning for loud sound in the clip. #bikenite

@ascentale @bikenite A8. A bit of a frustrating week because the protected bike lane we ride in to school was blocked 4 of 5 mornings and in really rough spots to navigate without it. Have been fighting with our dept of transportation over it. #BikeNite

@ascentale @bikenite
I saw my glove in the driveway The one the dog walker picked up from where I dropped it weeks ago, it got buried in snow... and just dropped it where I'd see it
I saw ;big waves from people I haven't seen since the nasty snow I saw how easy it was to bungee a knee scooter to an Xtracycle so when housemate snuck out of orthopedic rehab for a day she could use it, thanks to math prof whose wife won't need it again 'til they do surgery on her other ankle.

@ascentale @bikenite A8. We had more ice in the reflecting pool than I’d seen previously as the temperature hit -3C.

#BikeNite

@kimu Well at least they use the warning blinkers. That makes it ok, right? /s

@ascentale @bikenite We saw some great yard signs last Sunday at the home of Ken and Anna Thomsen in Monterey. They are the parents of our friend Laurel Thomsen, who has donated some songs for Bicycling Monterey videos, including “It’s a New Day.”

@ascentale @bikenite A8: I saw this wild ~mid-1990s Ted Wojcek mtb outside the library! #BikeNite