I'm trying to put my finger on why I find it annoying to ride Citi Bike bikes. Well, I do have a list of reasons, but lately, it seems worse. As I thought about it this morning, I think the heat of summer is an added factor. I don't have good clothes for keeping cool on the bike, so that makes it worse.

Today I rode Citi Bike to work. It's only two miles this summer, so really, any way to get there is fine. And for a change, I decided to walk home. That was a nice change of pace. I know pretty much all the streets on the route, but I had only cycled on them, not walked on them. And in some cases, I had gone only one way, and this time, I went the other way. Manhattan has a whole lotta one-way streets. I'm working in Chinatown, and the next neighborhood is SoHo, and from there, I landed in the West Village.

About halfway there, I stopped to buy some food but didn't have much room in my already-heavy bag, so I only bought a few things.