Meyerland -> Midtown = Moneymaker for Team in Training

Hey fellow no-traffic-commuters!

We are holding a fund-raiser for the Leukemia\Lymphoma Society! We have a few things in the fire toward this end. First, we have planned the route:


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Link here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=9002+Chimney+Rock+Rd+%23+F+Houston,+TX+77096-2509&daddr=N+Braeswood+Blvd+to:5607+Morningside+Dr,+Houston,+TX+77005-3218+(Ginger+Man)+to:217+Gray+St,+Houston,+TX+77002-8523+(Front+Porch+Pub)&hl=en&geocode=%3BFQwpxQEdgRJQ-g%3BFZ1txQEdjRZQ-iFKsIxALyAKLw%3BCUZuKmF58C4HFdf8xQEdV6dQ-iGcJUF9AnfYFA&mra=pe&mrcr=1&via=1&dirflg=w&sll=29.781634,-95.607972&sspn=1.139463,1.977539&ie=UTF8&ll=29.718023,-95.397291&spn=0.035631,0.061798&z=14

I have the first place, Fioza, already nailed down. I will be working on getting the second two venues this week. If anyone has any helpful suggestions please throw them my way.

Welcome to Houston Texas!!

Welcome to Houston Texas! This is the Capital of No-Mass-Transit. I grew up mainly (from age 6-18) in Sugarland, TX which is was a small sleepy 'burb of Houston. I have moved around a bit: New York, Boston, short stints in Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, etc..

I find myself back in Houston with a bad new personality trait, I hate HATE driving in traffic.

I still enjoy taking my wife's new mini cooper on a white-knuckled-oh-crap-handled-race-against-that-mullet-headed-douchebag-in-the-late-80s-mustang. But traffic is a huge waist of my life.

I have decided to start riding my bicycle to work.

You're probably saying to yourself, "I've been to Houston, I hate it, its ugly, and I damn sure haven't seen any place safe to ride a bike." You'd be right on a lot of counts. However, there is more to this place than meets the eye. That is the subject of this blog and the reason for my new commute.