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The Militant's Epic Militant CicLAvia Tour XXXI!!!
Click here to view larger map!Happy Summer, everyone! The third (of six!) CicLAvia of 2019 and the 31st iteration of Los Angeles' open streets event is here again, this time running through the...
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The Militant's Epic Militant CicLAvia Tour XXXII!!
Click for larger map!The fourth of six CicLAvias in 2019 and the 32nd iteration of Los Angeles' showcase open streets event takes place this Sunday, 8/18. Though unfortunately not in the San Fernando...
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The Militant's Epic Militant CicLAvia Tour XXXIII!!!
Interactive map! Click here for larger map.The fifth CicLAvia of 2019 and the 33rd edition of Los Angeles' premier open streets event is here.The October CicLAvias are normally a certain version of the...
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The Militant's Epic CicLAvia Tour XXXIV!!!!
Click here for larger map!The 2019 CicLAvia Season has come to an end, and the sixth and final (and 34th ever) open streets course runs through the west San Fernando Valley, this time running on an...
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The Militant's Epic Militant CicLAvia Tour XXXV!!!
Click here for larger map!CicLAvia season is back! The first of six open streets events in 2020 (CicLAvia's 10th anniversary year) and 35th-ever iteration is upon us this Sunday, February 23. It is the...
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A Championship 11,695 Days In The Making
Is this the real life? Or is it fantasy? "Wait 'til next year!"The rallying cry of despair, yet one of seemingly futile hope, was the Dodger fan's mantra come October for many seasons, but most...
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The Militant's Epic Militant CicLAvia Tour XXXVI!
Click here for larger view!Hey...it's...been a while. The year 2020 initially began with 6 (count 'em) sixCicLAvias planned - the most scheduled in a calendar year in the nearly decade-long history of...
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The Militant's Epic CicLAvia Tour XXXVII!!
Interactive map! Click here for larger map. Hey, we're still alive...it's the second CicLAvia of 2021 and the 37th iteration of Los Angeles' premier open streets event, and we're celebrating one whole...
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The Militant's Epic Militant CicLAvia Tour XXXVIII!
Interactive Map! Click on green points to view hotspots, or click here for larger view.Looks like we made it - Sunday's "South L.A."CicLAvia is the third and last CicLAvia of 2021, a year that seemed...
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32 More Suburbs in Search of Their Names: An Etymology of Cities in the...
Wow, it's been a while since The Militant did something like this. Er, not just post something on This Here Blog Site that has nothing to do with an Epic CicLAvia Tour, but making a post about the name...
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The Militant's Epic Militant CicLAvia Tour XXXIX!
 Interactive Map! Click on green points to view hotspots, or click here for larger view.After a half-year ofno CicLAvias, the first open streets event of 2022 has finally arrived, albeit in the second...
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The Militant's Epic Militant CicLAvia Tour XL!!
Interactive Map! Click on green points to view hotspots, or click here for larger view.The second of four CicLAvias in 2022 and the 40th (XL) iteration of Los Angeles' showcase open streets event takes...
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The Militant's Epic Metro K Line Tour!
It's been an entire decade since a totally new Metro Rail line opened (The Metro Expo Line in April 2012). Since then, the game (and name) has changed - Metro is transitioning away from color names in...
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Hey, What's (K)ookin: The Militant's Epic Metro K Line Food Guide!
Interactive Map! Click here for larger version.K, so you've ridden Metro's brand spanking new light rail line. And you've just learned about 19 points of interest along the route from some Militant guy...
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The Militant's Epic Militant CicLAvia Tour XLI!!!
Interactive Map! Click here for larger version. It's October, which means we celebrate the 12th anniversary of CicLAvia with the classic Downtown-centric, "Heart of L.A." route. The 41st iteration of...
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The Militant's Epic Militant CicLAvia Tour XLII!!
Interactive map! Click here for larger version.We've reached the last of four CicLAvias to end the 2022 season, the 42nd open streets event since its inception in October 2010. According to author...
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The Militant's Epic CicLAvia Tour XLIII!!
Interactive map! Click here for larger version.We're here in 2023, CicLAvia's 13th year, and as our favorite open streets event enters its raging, hormone-infused, possibly-emo teen years, we're in for...
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CicLAvia 43 Report: CiCOLDvia!
This photo seemed to sum up the February 26, 2023 CicLAvia perfectly. Taken at Sherman Way and The Metro G-Line busway station near Canoga Avenue.Just 84 days after the last onebetween Exposition Park...
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Peak Knowledge: The Militant's Guide To Our Local Mountain Ranges!
A few weeks ago, while en route to the February 2023 CicLAvia, as The Militant drove up the not-that-congested 405 into the San Fernando Valley, the sight of snowcapped mountains surrounding The 818...
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Places Of The Water!
The sights of spring! The seasonally verdant San Gabriel Mountains overlook a gated subdivision and the San Gabriel River uncharacteristically rushing down below.Friday, March 24 was a bright and clear...
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Where The Wild (Flowery) Things Are: The Militant's Spring 2023 Southern...
 A smattering of wildflowers in Walker Canyon near Lake Elsinore, taken during the Spring 2019 Superbloom."L.A. has no seasons," goes the mantra of The Typical Transplant. But ah, why then are our...
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The Militant's Epic CicLAvia Tour XLIV!!
 Click here for larger, mobile-friendly version of this map!Springtime is here! Dodger baseball is in full swing (pitch clock and all...), wildflowers are in bloom, our local transverse mountain ranges...
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The Militant's Epic CicLAvia Tour XLV!!!
Interactive map! Click here for larger version.The third CicLAvia of 2023, and the 45th-ever such open streets event in Los Angeles has gotten quite a bit smaller - on purpose. The first of two...
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The Militant's Epic CicLAvia Tour XLVI!!!
Interactive map! Click here for larger view.The 46th CicLAvia is upon us this Sunday, the fourth of eight such open streets events in 2023, and this is the first, and perhaps only all-new route in this...
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Moving Right Along...
 All good things may or may not come to an end. After 16 years, the Militant is making his last post on This Here Blog Site...Because he has recently purchased his own domain and has set up a...
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