Coffeeneuring 2020, Ride 3: To Rosemont Bluff with Timo, 23 Oct 2020

Sometime in September my good friend Timo suggested we should do a "socially distanced" Coffee Outside together. I was game, since I haven't done any Coffee Outside with anyone besides Emee in the past year. Our local Coffee Outside chapter, pdxcoffeeoutside, has been dormant since the pandemic started,* as are many others around the world....

Coffeeneuring 2020, Ride One and Three Speed October, Week Three, Ride 2: On the beach at Cape Disappointment, 15 October 2020 (plus a Long Beach Peninsula Trip!)

Once again, another #coffeeneuring challenge is here! This challenge is from October 10 through What's that, you ask? I'll let Mary of Chasing Mailboxes DC (the admin!) explain: Essentially the challenge boils down to this: over the course of 7’ish weeks,ride your bike to 7 different places,at least 2 miles round trip each time,drink 7...

Coffeeneuring 2019, Ride 5: Albina Press (SE), Mon 28 Oct

Welcome to another Coffeeneuring adventure! I'm back in Portland, so most likely the balance of this year's challenge will happen locally. The destination for Ride 5 is the Albina Press on SE Hawthorne. The bike this time: my Raleigh Crested Butte. It was a five mile round-trip cruise. Albina Press is one of those "early...

Coffeeneuring 2019, Ride 4: Tacoma Part Two, 22 Oct

Last time I left you fine folks I was coffeeneuring in Tacoma. I had one more day to spend in town, Tuesday October 22nd. Why not have another coffeeneuring adventure? Let me tell you something about biking in Tacoma: Unless you spend all your time by the waterfront and downtown, there is a hill. And...

Coffeeneuring 2019, Ride 3: A Tacoma adventure (Mon Oct 21)

Tacoma, city of destiny. Yet, I have never been destined to visit this city at the south end of Puget Sound. I’ve made some cursory explorations over the years, the biggest being the overnight stay Emee and I had here last year. So, almost two full days in Tacoma has turned out to be the...

A lack of late night coffee shops

Portland's a great city with a lot going for it. But even after all these years, there's something still lacking: late night coffee shops. And by "late night", I mean past 6 PM. While some shops close earlier than 6, you are still guaranteed to find something open until this time. After 6? The pickings...

Coffeeneuring 2018, Ride 6: Business business! Thurs 16 Nov

Wow! Ride 6, and the challenge is almost over for 2018. How time flies. I started the Coffeeneuring 2018 Challenge with a lot of vim and vigor. But it's been tough this year. You'd figure with "only" working part-time this would be a breeze, no? I should be doing 60 mile Coffee Outside adventures, and...

Coffeeneuring 2018, Ride 5: Some inside coffee, some outside Rocky Butte. 6 Nov 2018

I had a relatively early (9 AM)* meeting on Tuesday November 6th. I met at Grand Central Bakery in the Beaumont neighborhood with Doug of Alameda History where we talked about doing some history rides in 2019. So look for something interesting in the near future! Despite being there for an hour-and-a-half, I still had...