Take a Summer Viking Break

July 14, 2017

Design

...ng or canning. This means it’s the perfect time for a Viking break. Back in 2010 Norweigian oil tycoon Sigurd Aase funded the construction of a brand new badass Viking longship, the Draken Harald Hårfagre. It’s the first Viking longship with its own website and gift store. The ship made it to the U.S., a reminder that Columbus wasn’t the first European to make that particular journey. Please kick back this weekend and take your own Viking break. I...

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Happy World Car Free Day

Mr. Homegrown

September 22, 2007

Thoughtstylings

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...re in your car. But I suppose it’s not safe for them to walk or ride their bikes to school because of all the SUV drivers like you playing chicken with pedestrians to see who can beat each other across the intersection. I could keep ranting, mentioning the things we all know, the childhood asthma rates of our polluted city, the melting polar ice caps and dying polar bears, the 39,000 traffic fatalities on American roads, and all those folks dying...

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We Are the Festival!

Mr. Homegrown

December 20, 2007

Bikes

...clogged traffic jam during the holiday season. Worst of all the city bans bikes from the light festival in spite of the fact that it takes place on a public street. The city’s ban is a direct violation of state law. Thankfully the folks at IlluminateLA are planning to swarm the festival this Friday. Ride your bike and join them at the Mulholland Fountain at Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Boulevard at 7:30 p.m. From there the plan is to ride throug...

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Animated Compost by Elon Schoenholz

Mr. Homegrown

December 26, 2012

Composting, Gardening

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...Root simple pal Elon Schoenholz is obsessed with compost, growing vegetables and bikes. He’s also one damn good photographer. Check out his work at schoenholz.blogspot.com....

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How to Lock a Bike

Mr. Homegrown

May 9, 2014

Bikes, Transportation

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...http://vimeo.com/92641962 The interwebs have produced an unlikely phenomenon, a bike locking celebrity. Meet Hal Ruzal of Bicycle Habitat in Manhattan. Hal, as usual, has some great bike locking advice, meets up with international fans and critiques the bike locking style of fashion blogger George Hahn, the most dapper man on a bike I’ve ever seen. Keep those bikes well locked!...

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