New bike rack and an old pannier on the bikes we bought at Bikesport this spring.  David’s bike rack is on its way. Our helmet-hat contraptions are made by DaBrim.  They’re a beast in the wind, but for city trips on the side streets they work very well. David is allowed to speed down a [...]

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As Matt pulls the Xtracycle down the street on the way from the hardware store, a man walking his dog yells out, "Are y’all DUTCH or somethin’?" We’re flattered!

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One of the reasons we moved to this neighborhood is that we would be able to walk and bike more than we could in our old neighborhood. At the time, we were expecting a new light rail line a block over with a series of improvements for pedestrian access though the neighborhood.  Six years later, [...]

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Just to be clear, our house is not deprived of certified kid-friendly building tools. Within various bins and boxes (and occasionally spread across the floor), Carmen and David have ready access to: Magna Tiles Kapla Blocks from a clearance sale at a grocery store, of all places, with enough blocks to make a railroad bridge [...]

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  he’s going to ask for a glass of milk.  If you give us a clogged condensate line coming from our air conditioner last Sunday night just after we send C&D to bed, we’ll realize that we can’t really unplug it.  So, we use a hacksaw and cut it open.  We could just add a [...]

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