Jack’s art on display at the National Gallery of Art. (A perk of living in dc and attending your local school!)

Boxing

This. It's always this when a business owner pops up ranting about parking.

Last night I took Bikeshare home from downtown and zipping around on those clunky bikes on a warm summer night brings back so many satisfying memories from my 20s.

Spotted the Pride Bike today

At Men4Choice

At Men4Choice

Some banquet tonight, food prep Friday for school multicultural day, then packing for camping on Sat. Busier even than usual!

“Every $1300 New York invested in new bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 added year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents.” Among many other benefits, bike-lanes are a really smart public health investment. #CityMakingMath www.reuters.com/article/busi...

For Pride!

Biked downtown after school to archaeology club and then rode the pbls home with the commuters downtown

Renting is literally already a subscription-based service. www.bisnow.com/national/new...

This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com

On the way to school pick up I counted the number of bikes vs cars that passed me going down Q Street from 1st to 9th NW: 41 bikes 39 cars >50% of moving traffic on this stretch of Q is bicycles but they’re only given a sliver of the street share. Imagine a protected lane there.

Pride Bike

The biggest flex now as a parents is not how big your house is, how fast your car is but whether your kid can roam around the neighborhood free range.

Latest Experian data on Q1 new vehicle leases/loans is bonkers: -19% of loans >$1k a month (up 17% YoY) -74% of those >$1k monthly loans are for non-luxury makes, particuarliy full-size pickup trucks. -Average monthly payment now $770. -Both 30- and 60-day delinquencieis up. This is wonderful.

Was thinking this weekend about how Jack’s biking range has expanded over the years. Ages 5-6 he had a 20 inch bike and could ride 6-10 miles without a sweat. Ages 6-7 he has a 24 inch bike and can ride 20 without blinking, and on one day did 34.

This is why telling people “actually you have a lot of money and things have never been better” sounds insane www.npr.org/2026/05/28/n...

Normalize building bike lanes that kids want to be in.

So many animals you can just stop and see when you’re on a bike vs driving

Normalize kids in bike lanes

Deer on the trail!

Osprey family! They followed up on our bike ride across the FD Bridge to the Anacostia River Pool where we’re picnicking ❤️

Just gotta stick the landing!

John F Kennedy Center

David Attenborough-ass morning

The dragonfruit pink really pops in the sun

Perfect weather to bike to the Georgetown Waterfront. Remember when this used to be a parking lot?

Then and now

I miss Rhino bar.

Today’s edition of the “figure out what building this is based on the view out the window” game:

Biked with friends to the City Center Washington Ballet performance. We go as a group every year!

Normalize kids in bike lanes.

Sometimes I think about while bike bus is a great idea, what would be a greater idea is to have streets safe enough that kids could just bike to school by themselves without needing adults to organize and lead them.

Weird aside for transpo planners: Real bike-transit integration isn't just first/last mile access. It's replicating routes, so that people can substitute bikes and transit for each other depending on weather/trip-type/vibes.

Jack bikes himself to his weekly dance lessons, to playdates, to the grocery store, to hikes… (His doctor is within walking distance) When your kid can get himself there, shuttling him to sports + errands doesn’t feel like a chore at all.

Much of the bike lane discourse ignores the need for (both independent and not) child mobility. Our optometrist appointment today is a much safer and easier bike ride today thanks to councillors like @lecwhite.bsky.social who fought for this infra.

“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness

We asked Jack tonight’s archaeology Jeopardy questions and he got 3/5 right which is pretty good for a 7 year old. (He’s literally attending an archaeology club next week)

“Not looking to turn this into my identity” Famous last words of new ebike users

How often do you wash your eyes

Rainy day board games

Cats demanding cuddles

Conducting our own chocolate tasting but taking it seriously