Adventures of a Car-Less Valley Girl in Los Angeles

Actually, it's been years. Two years, but years nonetheless. No better time like the present than to pick this back up! Lots of things have changed since I last wrote here. Here's the condensed version:
1. I am no longer a Valley girl. I am in spirit and in place-of-birth (Northridge Hospital represent!), but as of May 2012, I traded in my Valley residency for West Hollywood. That change included a lot of subsequent changes, such as really being limited...

"I am really starting to get tired of not having a car in LA."
A friend of mine said this the other day, and I gotta say, I only really think about it when it involves local public transportation.
But it's a tired topic of conversation. No matter how many suggestions there are ('move to a central location', 'invest in [some sort of attachment for your bicycle]', 'save up for a cab every so often', and so on), it's all been beaten like a dead,...

I forgot to bring my bicycle in from the rain. Again. This is the third rain in about two months.
Thankfully, it's getting a much-needed shower; however, what I'm really worried about is its chain. I've heard that taking care to lube it and make sure everything is in working condition (brakes, gears, etc.), my bike should still be in good working...

I live a block away from a busy intersection on Balboa Blvd in the Valley. Balboa Blvd is an artery that services Nordhoff Blvd and Ventura Blvd - one being a major artery to California State University, Northridge; the other being a major, major artery...