Bikes, Booze, Nooze

You like drink'n and ride'n? Course you do. Who doesn't? If you're a winter commuter maybe you need a nipper to keep warm on the way to work. Those kids gotta get to school! And maybe if you work for the postal service or as a teacher you need to relax on the ride home. This handy little piece will help you relax and spin your troubles away. Don't ask me how to explain it to the cops though.

I must give credit where credit is due. Check out ahearnescycles.com to cop one of these bad boys. If this little guy's got backing from the boys at Surly you know that it rocks! (I did pirate this photo from their site....I told you to be afraid!)
So why are there no cool places to go in Hartford? Joe and I had this discussion today at work over the screeching of the tuning machine and the blasting of various rock (and not so rock) music on our ghetto blaster. Why are there no smokey, dimly lit, little bars where you can go and hear some good, live jazz music, sip a coffee, sip a beer, (sip both at the same time?), read a paper, or trade war stories with the old guy on the end stool? Why is Hartford teeming with white-hat frat boys, yuppies, and thugs? Wanna go to the Dickyard and check out some white-hats gett'n their mack on with dumb blonde sorority chicks? How bout The Bar With No Name? (just make sure you're wearing the right colors so you don't get capped) Tsanes? Only if you like trendy snobs. Why aren't there any low-key places to just chill? Leave your attitude at the door kind of thing. So here's our plan: We're gonna open a skate park and run that by day. Ride, skate, whatever all day long. Close that down in the evening, shower, and open the jazz club. Not a bad way to live, eh? As long as I'm dreaming, I'd like a mini-ramp, a house in Spain, a monkey and a milkshake. Who's with me?