Soozel Sweets is barely into Lawrence Township when coming from West Windsor and the Princeton Junction train station.
When NJ.com wrote about Soozel Sweets in Lawrence Township, I put it on my list of bike destinations. Ginger, cardamon .. yum.
Continue reading “It was worth getting drenched on a bike ride to this new Persian bakery in New Jersey”Five stars.
Almost eight years ago, I rode parts of the Virginia Capital Trail over two days.
I’ve finally come back to ride the entire trail, also over two days (out and back in sections) but this time with friends. Yes, I’ve found another 5-star trail.
Continue reading “I finally biked the entire Virginia Capital Trail — here’s what it’s like”Wild horses, giant sand dunes and of course bicycling.
We jammed a lot into two full days on the Outer Banks: two 30+-mile bike rides, the site of the first flight (Wright Brothers National Memorial, part of the National Park Service), a walk on a giant sand dune, a 4-wheel-drive trip to see wild horses on the beach, even a last-minute dash for ice cream.
Continue reading “2 jam-packed days of biking and other adventures on the Outer Banks”We stopped at Papa’s and Classico.
A pizza with a thin layer of brown mustard. A veggie pizza with cauliflower, peas, potatoes, paneer cheese and Indian spices. Another with mushrooms, honey and truffle oil.
New Jersey has lots of great independent pizza places, but we were on a quest for “weird” pizza (in the nicest way), a riff on my rides for “weird” beer. No sausage, pepperoni or green peppers this time.
Continue reading “Mustard? Cumin? 3 ‘weird’ pizzas on a 23-mile bike ride in New Jersey”At the Gingered Peach and Terra Momo.
Lunch and dessert? Or dessert and dessert?
This was a two-bakery bicycle ride, inspired by a late-2024 list of the state’s 71 best bakeries, as judged by NJ.com, the owner of the state’s biggest newspaper.
Continue reading “I biked to 2 of New Jersey’s best bakeries using the Lawrence Hopewell Trail”What we saw on just a small part of Tucson’s 137 miles and counting of wide paved and connected trails.
How amazing is this: 137 miles of connected, paved and wide trails that make a loop and some spurs in and around Tucson, full of everyone from small packs of fast-moving road cyclists to someone out for a walk, with or without a dog? And more miles are coming.
Continue reading “2 days of bicycling on Tucson’s Loop Trail”I’ve now bicycled to 16 of the 18 new trolls in Burlington County. Plus Big Rusty.
I’m loving Burlington County’s Troll Trek — a local riff on Thomas Dambo’s Big Rusty, all made from reusing materials that otherwise would have ended up at the dump.
Continue reading “Wild trolls and great pizza: A bike ride around Mount Holly”We test out L’Annexe de Mamie Colette in Titusville.
It’s the day after Thanksgiving. The last thing I need is a bakery.
And yet..
Continue reading “A hilly bicycle ride to a French bakery in New Jersey”Another day hunting for trolls in Burlington County, New Jersey.
Another sunny, unseasonably warm day, so a good time to hunt for more of those trolls in Burlington County. This is a cool art project using recycled materials that was inspired by Danish artist Thomas Danbo’s Big Rusty, who moved into the county several years ago.
Continue reading “My second Troll Trek: 7 trolls and 1 slice of pie”I went troll-hunting in Burlington County, NJ.
Burlington County, NJ, has come up with one of the coolest ideas: 18 new troll sculptures scattered around the county inspired by the OG, Thomas Danbo’s Big Rusty.
Could there be a better reason to go bike exploring?
Continue reading “A bike ride to find Big Rusty and 7 other trolls in Burlington County”
Exploring by bicycle 