{"id":5357,"date":"2013-10-06T22:29:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T05:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2013-10-06T22:30:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T05:30:40","slug":"ciclavia-2013-downtown-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciclavia 2013: Downtown LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, Jeff and I participated in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciclavia.org\/\">Ciclavia<\/a>, an event in LA dedicated to closing down roads and giving them over to bikers and pedestrians. We biked from Hollywood to Downtown LA, then all around from MacArthur Park to Chinatown to Grand Park to Mirachi Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>We stopped at hubs along the way, snapping photos, eating delicious fare from the street trucks, and listening to some music in the park. All in all, we biked 16 miles around this lovely city, and really got to see what LA would be like if we dedicated just a LITTLE more space to pedestrians and bicycles.<\/p>\n<p>It made me nostalgic for Boston and New York, and gave me hope that maybe someday more people will walk in LA without it being taboo. We even took the Metro home! Below, find some shots of our fun day out on the town!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/dsc_7859\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5358\" alt=\"DSC_7859\" src=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7859.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7859.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7859-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7859-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/dsc_7882\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5369\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5369\" alt=\"DSC_7882\" src=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7882.jpg\" width=\"1068\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7882.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7882-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7882-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/dsc_7997\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5366\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5366\" alt=\"DSC_7997\" src=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7997.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7997.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7997-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7997-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/dsc_7978\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5367\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5367\" alt=\"DSC_7978\" src=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7978.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7978.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7978-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_7978-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/dsc_8016\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5365\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5365\" alt=\"DSC_8016\" src=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8016.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8016.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8016-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8016-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/dsc_8025\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5364\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5364\" alt=\"DSC_8025\" src=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8025.jpg\" width=\"1068\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8025.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8025-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8025-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/dsc_8060\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5363\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5363\" alt=\"DSC_8060\" src=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8060.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8060.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8060-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8060-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/dsc_8141\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5362\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5362\" alt=\"DSC_8141\" src=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8141.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8141.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8141-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8141-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/dsc_8184\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5361\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5361\" alt=\"DSC_8184\" src=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8184.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8184.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8184-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8184-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/dsc_8232\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5360\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5360\" alt=\"DSC_8232\" src=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8232.jpg\" width=\"1068\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8232.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8232-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8232-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/dsc_8259\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5359\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5359\" alt=\"DSC_8259\" src=\"http:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8259.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8259.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8259-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_8259-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffhayford.com\/photo\/ciclavia-fall-2013\/\">More photos here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, Jeff and I participated in Ciclavia, an event in LA dedicated to closing down roads and giving them over to bikers and pedestrians. We biked from Hollywood to Downtown LA, then all around from MacArthur Park to Chinatown &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/ciclavia-2013-downtown-la\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bouncing-about","category-climbing-riding-andor-nature","category-im-in-la-trick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5357"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5373,"href":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5357\/revisions\/5373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jenniepalluzzi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}