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Time for a summer recap photo/video dump. Incredible stuff until the very last day. I am now spoiled for concerts, club lineups, lighting rigs, bike rides, ferry pictures, timed completion challenges, basketball championships, mayors who actually do shit, swimming pools, oysters, beers, clambakes, river rafting, ice cream, fish tacos, and blowing through dozens of Strava PRs a day.

We’re not done yet. by @brianvan

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3 months ago

ALL HAIL ZENA

FIERCE WARRIOR AND CONQUEROR OF CAT TOYS AND CHICKEN BONES, AND TOTAL WEIRDO

SHE DINES IN VALHALLA 🌈 by @brianvan

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4 months ago

::gestures at the sky:: well that took long enough by @brianvan

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5 months ago

We’re doing the Rahway Soup Stroll on this gorgeously snowy day! taken in The Coffee Box - Rahway by @brianvan

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9 months ago

I can’t say I’m chasing my youth by going to bars that were here 20 years ago (by way of bicycle ride-outs), but I also can’t say I’m not chasing my youth by @brianvan

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9 months ago

::voiceover:: NOO YAWK! It’s a place that’ll break your heart. But it can also make your dreams come true! Dat’s da big city baby! taken in Greenwich Village by @brianvan

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a year ago

Posting for the benefit of @richie_engineer who did a similar ride yesterday in a different kind of perfect weather by @brianvan

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Today I am having one last post-bike-ride chow down at Little Creek Oysters in Greenport, NY out on the North Fork of Long Island. This has been a consistent destination for me going on ten years, in part because of the shuck-your-own-oysters platter on the menu. Little Creek intends to continue its business, just not with this landlord. 🥴😭🤣 So it is time to move on from the Bait Shack, which kinda makes sense anyway considering how much effort these guys have put into “de-watering” this place after every heavy storm.

If you follow my stories, it’s been a brutal year for reliable restaurants and snack places along my bike routes. Gunk Haus in Clintondale closed a few weeks ago; Peekskill Brewery folded last November after the main bike season; 2nd Story Brewing in Philly hadn’t been seen in a while, but is finally confirmed closed. Strictly Bicycle is still there, but with curtailed hours. A couple of delis I used to rely on have either significantly downsized or closed altogether, with tough or ill-fitting alternatives. I fear more bad news is to come, given trends in restaurants, rents 📈 and craft beer sales. 📉

It’s not all doom and gloom, and I find these situations are opportunities for good owners to come back better than ever, or for new people to take a shot. (Gunk Haus’ space is opening as @theridgebymillhouse in a few months). For now, I’m taking whatever gulps of food and drink I can still get, and I’m hoping 2025 only brings slight adjustments to my ride plans so that I can continue finding great rest stops in the region. 🧂🍽️ taken in Little Creek Oyster Farm & Market by @brianvan

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2 years ago

Made it to East Bushwick by @brianvan

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2 years ago

Found your keys taken in Little Ferry, New Jersey by @brianvan

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2 years ago

taken in East Village by @brianvan

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