In an unassuming spot by Shimokitazawa station, you can find a rare thing: exceptional espresso. Urged to go to Bear Pond Espresso by Dave S. at Ride.Studio.Cafe, and jonesying for some good espresso, I jumped on the Odakyu subway line to get a taste. The space is small but cozy, with worn wood counters and [...]
Entries from August 22nd, 2011
of purity and mountain goats
August 16th, 2011 · 5 Comments · road rides, tokyo
My junior year of high school, I lucked out and scored a trip that entailed doing mostly nothing for three days. The trip was one of a dozen or so annual cultural outings required by the international school I attended, and what appealed to most of us was that the itinerary was appropriately stark. Our [...]
Tags:mt. takao·otarumi pass·tokyo
tokyo cruising
August 12th, 2011 · 6 Comments · road rides, tokyo
Did laps around the Imperial Palace today. Sucked a few wheels, pulled a few others, and got stupidly lost on the way home. I think I’m starting to like this city…
Tags:imperial palace·tokyo
coffee excursions: café de l’ambre
August 12th, 2011 · 2 Comments · coffee
Outings, rides, and bitch-fests all require good coffee: a big steaming cup of black coffee – hold all the extras – or a great Americano. For the past few years, I’d taken the existence of meticulously obsessed coffee shops within walking and riding distance, completely for granted. But a move to Tokyo presented not just [...]
Tags:cafe de l'ambre·coffee·tokyo
noooo~!!! bike down, bike down!!!
August 11th, 2011 · 4 Comments · bike parts
Opened my bike case today. Got my heart broken.
Tags:FML·heartbroken·IF
deer flies, childbirth, and the century that wasn’t
August 8th, 2011 · 8 Comments · road rides
A few days ago, I walked into my aunt’s house to pick up a French press pot. Someone was vacuuming in the kitchen, but oddly, my aunt’s voice came from upstairs. She hurried down and squeezed past the mostly closed kitchen door behind which the vacuumer lurked. “Kaiko’s here, but don’t come out like that,” [...]
back in tokyo…
August 3rd, 2011 · 3 Comments · life
Got in two nights ago, and the bikes have arrived safe and sound. Now on to finding those roads to ride on…