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[photo by Pat Tomes]

In a letter published by the Reporter last week, reader Richard Meltz (a motor scooter proponent) asserted that he “cannot fathom” why the use of bicycles continues to be promoted.

“If you live in Eldorado and need to show up in downtown Santa Fe neat and crisply dressed,” Meltz wrote, “a bicycle is useless.”

Really?

Last night, after I played a gig with Oakland’s David Gans at Mike’s Music Exchange in Eldorado, my partner Irene and I decided to spend the night at her parents’ house in Arroyo Hondo—not far from Eldorado—rather than interrupt our infant daughter’s sleep for a late-night drive back to our apartment off of Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe. So, this morning I rode my bike—a heavy old Diamondback bought off Craigslist recently for $50—ten miles from Arroyo Hondo to the Reporter’s offices in downtown Santa Fe. With a dress shirt on, I pedaled north for a windy hour along the Rail Trail, frequented mostly by lizards and dung beetles in the early mornings, and arrived at work neat and crisply dressed, although my hair was minimally matted from wearing a helmet.

Not everyone enjoys that kind of exercise first thing in the morning (and some demand absolutely flawless hair) but, needless to say, my bicycle was not useless.

So…here’s a heart-filled slideshow from SFR’s pre-Valentine’s party, which was held Feb. 10 at the Lodge. All shots by the talented (and tolerant) Jonathan Tercero. I apologize for being in way too many of them; if it’s any consolation, I actually cut quite a few that I was in beyond these, but I didn’t want to penalize the other people in the photos with me just because I’m a shameless camera hog.

Also, audioswap on youtube is sort of a freak show, so, when in doubt, go for what you know, I always say.

aww.

According to one website that claims to offer a psychological analysis of Twitter users by measuring the frequency of tweet themes against a metric of averages, the Santa Fe Reporter’s editorial staff is big on money, leisure and negativity while eschewing sex, work and the media.

Read on to examine SFR’s Tweetpsych report: Continue reading »