Category Archives: Nashville

A great idea from Nashville featured on CNN

[It's National Bike Month. And yes, this is another post about bicycling. You'll really like this one. I promise.] Last fall, I had the privilege of spending six Thursday evenings volunteering at Nashville’s Oasis Center’s Bike Workshop. As I said … Continue reading

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Bike to Work Day is Friday. Here’s the route I take 2-3 times a week to Downtown Nashville

I  try to ride my bike to work 2-3 times a week, rain or shine, hot or cold. When I tell that to people who know where I live and work, they picture in their minds me riding down Nashville’s … Continue reading

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Update: My theory on bikes, bars and techies

I promise, I’m not going to turn this blog into all bicycling, all the time, but I couldn’t pass up pointing to an NPR story that ran earlier this week that adds more validity to what started out, on my … Continue reading

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How could I forget to mention the bicycle is a good invention?*

There was no way I could NOT be a backer when I saw the Kickstarter Project, The Nashville Bicycle Bus, conceived by Nashville “bikepreneur” Austin Bauman. How could I not support a cooperative venture of a creative, civic-minded small business, … Continue reading

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Naughtstolgia: Two high-rolling media, tech brands from the 00s acquired by Nashville-area investors

Last Monday, Rafat Ali’s travel-industry intelligence startup, Skift.com reported that Brad Kelley, a Nashville-area billionaire investor, major land-owner and conservationist, is purchasing a majority stake in the Australia-based travel guide company, Lonely Planet for up to $100 million from BBC … Continue reading

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