You say I missed a spot. I say it was on purpose… A few days ago it was a very hot day in Troy, New York. I was riding my bike down 5th St. A man up ahead sat on hist stoop. When I approached he called out: “your friend is way ahead of you!” I […]
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I ride words and I write bikes. I mean...
On the road again
I’m riding my bike to Montreal. I wish I could tell you more about this, but I really have to go. So I’ll leave you with this alternative reading about the road. And this picture of a gift given by the badass B Costa.
My unhealthy relationship
I had a traumatic experience this week. Actually…I had a couple traumatic experiences this week, among them the guy who rolled down his car window to ask if I was wearing jeggings, and I’m angry about this and other things and I’ve been taking out my anger on cars as usual. When they invade my […]
Things people say to me when I’m riding my bike
Man on the street: Nice bike boy! I look around. There are no other bikes. This man must be talking to me. He is now thirty feet behind me. I yell back: I’m a girl! Man in a car: Hey. I ignore. Man: Hey! I ignore. Man: Hey! Me: Yes? Man: Do you work at […]
Woman vs woman
At some point during college I went to a guest lecture about writing. I don’t remember the lecturer except that he was old and white (which is allowed). I do remember when he said something like, “Elizabeth Gilbert and Eat, Pray, Love…now that’s not what I’m talking about when I talk about good writing.” I had just read Eat, […]
I am a mean person
I am a very nice person. You know this already. Because you told me: Anne, you are so nice. Anne, you are so calm. Anne, no one could ever hate you because you are so nice. And I say to you, thanks for the compliments. And I say, you’re right. (Or you were right.) I […]
Spontaneous haircuts
A few years ago I was in Barcelona with my parents. (I spent the year teaching English there. They came to visit. Etc. Etc.) My mom spoke a little Spanish. My dad, almost none. One afternoon my dad went out for a walk and came back with… a haircut. My mouth fell open. But… what […]
Change your life: eat more eggs*
So last winter was rough, guys. I got a tooth abscess and then a root canal. I had, like, five different jobs in a span of three months. And it was really cold all the time. In February I started working at a restaurant in Williamsburg called Egg. And it has been a ray of […]
The Pope was here
On Thursday night last week I had plans to see a play in Harlem. I was going to ride my bike. I live in Crown Heights, in Brooklyn. I allotted myself an hour and a half to ride there. I would leave at 6pm for the 7:30 play. I doubled checked the address right before […]
My friend Zoe
I was going to write a post about the bike trip that I took a few weeks ago. But I realized it was going to be mostly about Zoe. It’s one of my favorite stories to tell–how I met Zoe. I sat down at a picnic table at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in California. […]
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