I’m on a quest to find a good bicycle. I’ve been stalking craigslist for a fixer-upper — a strategy that has worked well for me in the past — but that process takes a long time because it’s tough to find the combination of the correct height, decent price, and not too far away (and rad looking if possible).
Today I was reading about this place called Orange 20 bikes, which is right across from the LA Bike Kitchen (yes, there is one!). Through the Orange 20 website, I found a link to a really great monthly radio segment on KCRW called Design and Architecture. The first half of the program was devoted to Los Angeles bike culture, and featured an interview with an Orange 20 founder, as well as the founder of RideArc: a monthly, architecture themed bike ride (basically, critical mass with a cultural agenda). I already missed the August ride, but I think Critical Mass is at the end of the month. Hopefully I’ll have a bike by then! If the mighty tree that is craigslist yields no fruit for me, than I might have to mosey over to Orange 20 or Bike Kitchen. The irony is…I need a car to get there.
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There’s a stretch of Sawtelle Blvd (around where it intersects Olympic) that has a collection of Japanese stores and restaurants. There’s a Giant Robot store and gallery there too, as well as some kareoke places I might have to *ehem* …investigate at a later date. I feel compelled, though, to point out how psyched I am about finding this small Japanese grocery store earlier today, and basically putting the owners’ kids through college. I am officially in mochi heaven.
Oh and plus, there’s a bank there called “Tomato Bank.”
