Errand Day
Aug. 21st, 2015 03:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogThe trip to Wegman's from my place is quite doable, even though there are 170 feet or so of climb on the three mile trip. Syracuse has a lot of hills! I couldn't find the Kashi cereal I usually eat, but I fit a four pack of pot pies, two boxes of cereal, a tub of yogurt, and a giant bag of frozen pierogies on my bike. I also found a Papa John's that I'll probably visit later this weekend with the gift card that Posicat gave me.
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resonant Paypal'd me some unsolicited money, so I feel a little better about buying decent food. I am cared for. *smiles*
What else? the imported food store has *tons* of different kinds of turkish delight! Melo Velo, the bike shop, is on the second floor of a building in Westcott. It took a little bit to find, but once I did I liked the place. They've bolted a long wooden track all the way up one side of the stairs to make it easier to get people's bikes up. Two people complimented my placards as I was unlocking my bike to leave. It makes me feel like I'm in a place where I fit. And/or like I'm being flirted with by alt-cyclist guys. Either way I'm pleased. *laughs*
The Salvation Army's clothing selection and organization is not the greatest. On my next thrifting trip, I'll probably hit three of them a couple miles west in someplace called Solvay. Maybe tomorrow! I figure I should enjoy getting around more now, before schoolwork and research starts eating all my time. All together I rode about 13 miles today, which still isn't that much for me. Maybe I should ride out to Green Lakes State Park this weekend. I'll get to see some of the Erie Canal trail that way too.
It looks from Wikipedia like Solvay was a company town of sorts for the Solvay Process Company, one of the early major chemical companies in the United States. I love that, like Kenosha, there is so much industrial history here! I really want to read a good history of the area.
resonant Paypal'd me some unsolicited money, so I feel a little better about buying decent food. I am cared for. *smiles*What else? the imported food store has *tons* of different kinds of turkish delight! Melo Velo, the bike shop, is on the second floor of a building in Westcott. It took a little bit to find, but once I did I liked the place. They've bolted a long wooden track all the way up one side of the stairs to make it easier to get people's bikes up. Two people complimented my placards as I was unlocking my bike to leave. It makes me feel like I'm in a place where I fit. And/or like I'm being flirted with by alt-cyclist guys. Either way I'm pleased. *laughs*
The Salvation Army's clothing selection and organization is not the greatest. On my next thrifting trip, I'll probably hit three of them a couple miles west in someplace called Solvay. Maybe tomorrow! I figure I should enjoy getting around more now, before schoolwork and research starts eating all my time. All together I rode about 13 miles today, which still isn't that much for me. Maybe I should ride out to Green Lakes State Park this weekend. I'll get to see some of the Erie Canal trail that way too.
It looks from Wikipedia like Solvay was a company town of sorts for the Solvay Process Company, one of the early major chemical companies in the United States. I love that, like Kenosha, there is so much industrial history here! I really want to read a good history of the area.
