Tag: kelli refer

September 9, 2016

What I did on my summer vacation

I specifically tried not to work for the three weeks I was traveling for my honeymoon. But of course being a bike blogger has poisoned my brain, and I couldn’t help noting city-making lessons for Seattle. So here’s a brief rundown of where I went and what I saw. First step in our trip was…
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tagged: amsterdam, brussels, europe, groningen, kelli refer, lyon, paris
May 31, 2016

Watch: City Inside/Out takes on Seattle’s slashed bike plans

Seattle Channel’s City Inside/Out produced a quality segment on the city’s recent bike plan cuts and the public protest against them. The episode begins with a five-minute intro report outlining how the cuts came about and what people protesting the changes think about them (Spoiler: They don’t like ’em). The intro features interviews with Davey…
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tagged: bicycle master plan implementation plan, cathy tuttle, city inside/out, darby watson, davey oil, kelli refer, mike o’brien, phyllis porter, sally bagshaw, seattle channel, shirley savel
November 24, 2015

Cranksgiving 2015 shatters records, 160 people hauled 1,560 lbs of food

Seattle’s sixth annual Cranksgiving food drive bike ride was Saturday, and it was one for the record books. 160 people bought an astounding 1,560 pounds of food from local food vendors all around town and hauled it by bike to Rainier Valley Food Bank. As our city grows and generates so much wealth, that wealth…
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tagged: cranksgiving, cranksgiving 2015, dan dilulio, detours bags, flying lion brewing, free range cycles, kelli refer, madeleine carlson, mountaineers books, rainier valley food bank, reb roush, royal room
October 12, 2015

I got married by bike, and it was beautiful

Last week, I married the most beautiful and inspiring woman on the planet. Over the past seven years, Kelli has transformed my life in so many wonderful and powerful ways. Among them: She introduced me to biking for transportation. But more specifically, she gave me the confidence to let go of my car, which I…
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tagged: dangerpants photography, kelli refer
November 13, 2014

Cascade’s new Bicycling Center has grand opening Saturday + Will move office by bike Nov 30

Cascade Bicycle Club is moving their office across Magnuson Park to a renovated lakefront building. But they’re hoping the new headquarters will be more than just an office. With space for members to gather and some event and programming space, the Cascade Bicycling Center could become a hub of bike culture in Seattle. Or at…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, cascade bicycling center, elizabeth kiker, kelli refer, magnuson park, move by bike
August 27, 2013

Multimodal book tour stop #1: Portland

I am in Portland, the first stop on a multimodal book tour I am taking for the next couple weeks with my partner Kelli Refer. She is promoting her book Pedal, Stretch, Breathe: The Yoga of Bicycling, which just arrived from the printer. Our goal is to travel all around the Pacific Northwest combining trains,…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, kelli refer, multimodal book tour 2013, pedal stretch breathe, portland, summer streets, sunday parkways