I stumbled across all of these in the last couple days and thought I’d share.

Ride Boldly! ^[1] is a blog focusing on “bikes, bicycling, and road safety.” It’s good info in general but I what I really like about it is it specifically addresses MN bike statutes, general biking issues with a local spin (e.g., Bicycle Facilities Issues ^[2], Plan Now for Winter Cycling ^[3]), and infrastructure issues as they apply to biking ^[4].

West Bank Boogie ^[5] is a book by Cyn Collins that “celebrates 40 years of Minneapolis Minnesota’s West Bank music scene with profiles of more than 20 legendary musicians who influenced the soul of American music.” It’s a really cool website for a book (”for a book” is meant to be descriptive, not a qualifier). Great info about the book ^[6] (it started as a series of articles in the Seward Profile), where to get it ^[7], and the profiled artists ^[8]. Don’t let the fact that the foreword and also the first listed endorsement come from Garrison Keillor put you off.

Friends of the Riverfront ^[9] is “a group of concerned citizens and park users… working to conserve, protect, and enhance the resources of the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park.” It sounds like a noble and worthy mission, though they currently appear to be entirely focused on fighting against the proposed De La Salle football stadium on Nicollet Island and I kind of wonder if that’s why they came into being in the first place. So if you want to know more about that hot topic (without the crazy Phyllis Kahn ^[10] stories), check it out.