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An Open Letter to the Metro Sheriff Who Sexually Harassed Me – UPDATED
You may not remember me, Officer, but I remember you. I was the tall blond woman heading to the Gold Line platform at Union Station during the evening rush hour on Monday. I was dressed appropriately for the office, in business slacks and a button down shirt. You were the Metro sheriff in his late […]
4th Annual Clitoral Mass – 8/1/2015
Last Saturday, I joined the Ovarian Psycos and dozens of other women for the fourth annual Clitoral Mass ride. This is LA’s largest bike ride organized by and for women. It was a great afternoon of camaraderie and promoting social justice through bicycling. I arrived early at Olvera Street, where the ride was meeting. Bike […]
Kids and Metro
Any metro rider has had this experience. A mom and her child board the bus, and the little one is restless and squirmy. He starts to babble loudly, and then begins to scream. Despite the mom’s best efforts, her child breaks into a full blown tantrum. The cries echo through the bus and thoroughly disrupt […]
Can we just talk about how awesome it was that I jumped into a moving bus?
A few nights ago, I was meeting some friends in downtown for dinner. I made sure to check the Metro app before leaving the house in order to plan my trip accordingly. We were meeting up at 8:30, and that’s a rather crucial time to catch a bus. After peak hours, buses come much less […]
Under the 6th Street Bridge
Last Sunday, I made the difficult decision to pass on CicLAvia, one of my favorite LA institutions, to bask in a piece of local history while it’s still around: the 6th Street Bridge. The historic 6th Street Bridge, which goes over the LA River, was opened in 1933. It’s iconic concrete pillars and steel arches […]
Bike Week LA 2015
Today officially kicks off the 2015 edition of Bike Week LA. The week will see events all throughout Los Angeles that promote biking as a form of transportation, and raises awareness about bicycle and pedestrian safety. No matter in which side of town you live, there are events near you. There are a ton of […]
This Saturday: Women Bike, Women Lead
Attention all lades! On February 21, join other women-identified cyclists for the Women Bike, Women Lead ride. The ride meets at Grand Park at 10:00, with the guided group ride leaving at 10:30. The ride will head down into South LA and will come back to Grand Park by about 2:00. The ride is expected […]
Photos: Night on Broadway
This Saturday, seven of LA’s historic Broadway theaters were open to the public for Night on Broadway as a celebration of the Bringing Back Broadway Initiative. Some of these theaters haven’t been open to the public for years, so it was quite a treat to see them. Performances included live music, carnival acts, burlesque dancers […]
Stranger Danger in Koreatown
This afternoon, I was made aware of a series of four attacks that have occurred to women in apartment buildings throughout Koreatown. Eek! The first attack was in early November, with the most recent one occurring on December 30th. The assailant robbed all his victims, and sexually assaulted one of them. Today the LAPD released […]
2014 Year in Review for LA’s Car-Free Commuter
Hello dear readers! I’ve been on a brief break for the holidays, but I’m back! I was in Milwaukee for a week over Christmas and received quite the surprise to see temperatures some days were warmer there than in Los Angeles. I’m glad to be back in LA-LA Land and ready for more Metro adventures in […]
Hoff The Beaten Path 
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