Author: dasoadmin

Aye Aye Captain On the “About” page of this website I list the 10 reasons I’m doing this challenge. In addition to that list, this process of posting every day has created a need to be spontaneous and also have a keen attention to detail (notice the little things). Today I got to sharpen both…

Scariest Street in Lakewood As I was jogging over to Cannon this morning, I thought I recalled this street being amazingly decorated for Halloween. After my return a quick Google search of “Cannon Lakewood Halloween” resulted in multiple news stories and videos of just how scary this street gets. It appears the whole street gets…

A History Lesson I walked down Bunts today around 5:30 p.m. Just as I started, I passed a canned food library in front of St. Luke’s church. There was a note that read, “Please take what you need and leave what you can.” I think this is a wonderful reimagination of the Little Free Libraries…

Catching My Second Wind I got home tonight as it was getting dark. After making dinner and cleaning up the kitchen I wasn’t sure I still wanted to tackle Brown tonight. I have allowed for one off day per week and a few weeks for vacation. However, something was still pulling me to put on…

My Old Pal Brockley I started down Brockley at the Detroit end. I almost walked right past Little Free Library #7 by the railroad tracks. The dark green color and brown roof blended in with the landscape. As I continued down the street my experience on Brockley was about to take an emotional detour. When…

Milestone Monday Sometimes the journey is just as rewarding as the destination. When I set my goal to walk all the streets in Lakewood one per day I knew getting to each street and back would be part of the challenge. I didn’t want to drive, so I settled on my hybrid approach of jogging…

Feeling Thrifty I started down Bonnieview this morning just as the sun was rising. Bonnieview clocks in at 10 characters long, tying Abbieshire for the longest street name so far. Just north of Detroit I passed “Bonnieview Antiques” and it got me thinking about my thrifty ways. I have always loved the hunt of an…

Kaleidoscope of Houses Today was my coldest day so far. I have been blessed with generally nice February weather up to this point. But today the wind chill made it feel like 10 degrees, and as I was coasting on my bike into the wind it felt closer to zero. Fortunately, as I got to…

Backbone of Lakewood Walking down Belle this evening felt like walking down the spine of Lakewood. Belle is one of the only streets that goes from Lake Avenue past Detroit, Franklin/Hilliard and Madison without changing its name. It felt like I was making an epic journey. Soon after starting my walk I passed my sixth…

Lake Eerie The other Beach street in Lakewood is located in the far northwest corner of town. It turns off Lake Road and descends down a steep hill, ending where the Rocky River spills into Lake Erie. The area contains a private beach (Clifton Beach) with access to the lake, and several houses wrapping around…