Went to a friend’s art opening last night. His first one-man show in years. It seems to have gone very well. He was more in his element than I had seen him in most times. If he wasn’t proud, he should have been it was a great show. Pieces had sold before the show had even opened and another sold while I was standing right in front of it. There were about 18 pieces or so overall, and while I will confess to not completely understanding the subtleties and nuances of Matt's work, they are clearly done with some considerable skill, talent and vision. Congratulations Matt. Fine Job.
For those who are interested his blog can be found here.
In other news, my cycling is off to a solidly mediocre start. While the miles per ride is up a bit the number of rides isn’t where I’d like it to be, and Mrs. Culimerc has already started making noises that “there is more than bikes”. News to me.
Washington DC is apparently in the preliminary stages of looking at what a bike rental system (a la Paris) would look like in DC and how would it be executed. From what I’ve seen at the WashCycle, its going to be a membership fee then swipe your card and you get 3hours. Or more accurately; a membership fee and a years worth of downtown bikes. For non-members (tourists), swipe your card and be charged X amount per hour for all the mall cycling you can stomach. Infrastructure wise they’re talking about a kiosk every 500 yards. Seems like a lot, but with that kind of saturation you could install smaller number of bikes per location. One of the hang ups is Pepco. They want all locations metered, meanwhile streetlights, stoplights, electronic parking meters all go with out meters. Sound like the old guard trying to stop real progress to you?? It sure does to me. (check the "sharing" label)
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