By Artur Ciesielski | Places
The sun is blinding. The ground, the hills, the sky are white washed with light. There is no steam, no moisture, everything is bone dry except those few plants that protect their stores of water with a waxy film on their leaves and bodies. I’m in the middle of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve, but I […]
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Fare , Home
Almost every Wednesday morning I have a routine. It’s farmer’s market day. But, before hitting the market to load up the backpack one must have a cappuccino at Lux or Royal Coffee. The backpack gets rolled up, stuffed in the bottle cage on the bike and off I go, usually straight to the well shaded […]
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Places
These neighborhood exploratory rides were a good decision. Despite the 100°F + temperatures I’ve been getting out on the bike. Once on, the Cadence stem tells me what to do – a top of it are the words – “keep going” and that is exactly what I do. Almost everyday so far for 1-2 hours I […]
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Challanges , Photography
As an avid user of Airbnb I’m rather fond of their neighborhoods pages. I’ve been using them extensively for the cities I’m going to visit in Europe later this year. Their appeal is a simple visual format with lots of photos and few, but carefully chosen descriptive words that together bring out the character of […]
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Essay
What a wonderful question. I’ve been thinking about this a while now. There is a post on the backend of this blog that’s being worked on, titled, Why I Walk. Then the current, print issue of Intelligent Life hits my P.O. Box with that exact question, What’s the best way to travel? I didn’t have […]
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