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Utilitaire 12- the Austin Finale

March 11, 2012

Rental bike at THE Whole Foods. They told me I was renting a hybrid. I now hate Texas more than ever. Do not get me wrong, I was not letting past experience be a predictor for future performance. All of my past trips to Texas have been for business and have been absolutely miserable through a combination [...]

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Utilitaire, Week 5

March 4, 2012

Smucker Farms of Lancaster County is a fairly new specialty grocery store on 14th St NW next to Martha’s Table and Martha’s Outfitters. This week I thought I was going to have to utilize Utilitaire rule 7: “You may utilitaire twice in one day one time only! For example, you could choose to utilitaire to [...]

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Utilitaire, Week 4 – Not a 35 Mile Ride to Buy a Chicken

February 29, 2012

My standard evening view. I know people pay a lot to come here and see it, mostly because they like to stand in the bike lanes and photograph it (please do not stand in the bike lanes). I had a great Utilitaire post all ready to write up about how I rode my bike 35 [...]

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Utilitaire, Week 4 – Category Substitution

February 29, 2012

Loaded up with vegetables at my CSA pick up. I ride my bike nearly every day, but writing about weekend trips seems more interesting since I go more places. I am not sure I have the stamina or wit to write amusing variations on my everyday commute. On Saturday I met up with Adam and [...]

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Utilitaire, Week 3

February 19, 2012

Lunch and Coffeeneuring Utilitaire at Lot 38 I decided to finally do a meal Utilitaire this week. I usually only eat out on Saturdays  so I decided to use this trip instead since it was a Monday and felt different enough to rank a challenge category. I took the day off because my birthday was [...]

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