The Spovangelist

When I rode by myself to meet the other volunteers for the inaugural Summer Parkways, I had that familiar first date feeling in my stomach like “yeeaaah.” Scientifically known as butterflies. What will happen, I thought, since this has never been done in Spokane? It felt like a historical moment with over half of the [...]

Basketball is a numbers game. From twenty feet away, the idea of putting an inflatable ball with a diameter of roughly nine and a half inches into a basket that is eighteen inches across and ten feet from the ground should defy physics. But that is precisely what happened countless times this last weekend with [...]

This man didn’t bat an eyelash when I asked if I could take his picture. He jumped right in to explain that he’d been trampled by horses. “I’ve done it all,” he said, waving to a broken cheekbone. Pick-up line: “You’d make a good jockey with that slim figure of yours.” Another verbatim quote: “I [...]

Now is the balmy time of year when volley ball teams and church youth groups start to get their car wash on. But what about a bike wash? After a rainy winter and spring my bike looks like a work horse that has been ridden hard and put away wet. My spokes are covered in [...]

I am a Bloomsday fanatic. Thanks to the strong sense of tradition and civic pride instilled in me by my mother, I have participated in Bloomsday every year of my life without exception. This year will be my 27th race, even though I’m only 26 years old. Figure that one out! Bloomsday spirit down in [...]

I was surprised and honored to learn that I was voted Spokane’s 2nd best “Community Volunteer” today. It is a bit mind boggling since the title itself can mean a lot of different things to different people. It is always a gamble with the Best of categories. Some are here today gone tomorrow, others are [...]

Spovangelist is not a bike blog for the simple reason that there are so many other outstanding local bloggers covering the topic. For some reason biking and blogging seem to go hand-in-hand. Four out of twelve of the blogs featured in the Spokane Blog Bible could be considered bike blogs, or at least strongly bike [...]

As the cornerstone of the Northwest, Washington has a rich and colorful women’s empowerment history. As a frontier town inside of a frontier state, Spokane has it’s own unique feminist heritage to boast. Making a comeback from the housewifery of the 50′s, a lecture society called the Spokane College Women’s Association was founded in 1963 [...]

Spokane needs a local independent sports blogger. When I say “local” and “independent” that is exactly what I mean. The vast majority of sports blogs out there are products of the newspaper industry trying to make the digital jump. But for some reason these “sports blogs” don’t seem to be very much fun at all. [...]

Premise #1: There has been an enormous amount of thought dedicated to shaping Spokane as an outdoor sports and recreation hub. Proposals to extend the Centennial Trail and create a world-class kayaking park are just a few of the big plans for branding the Inland Northwest in this way. This vision is often articulated by [...]