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[consularrider]

Christopher St in Greenwich Village

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[Boomer Cycles]

My nickname, resting on the Anacostia River, below the Case Street Bridge, Washington DC

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[bikingjenn]

@lordofthemark 214014 wrote:

One more, for now.
Kenmore (or less) Avenue, Alexandria (btw, that’s entry #5)

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I work in that building in case you need a colonoscopy

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[lordofthemark]

@bikingjenn 214616 wrote:

I work in that building in case you need a colonoscopy

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Well. THERE’S an offer. I already have a doc for that though.

I do have a dentist in that building, and have ridden to and from appointments. Somehow I think there should be a joke here, but I can’t think of one, and if I did, I probably wouldn’t post it. Hmmm.

Happy riding!

[Steve O]

As I was riding to return the loaner bike i had in LA, i passed right by Stever St. This sign is at the corner of Stever and Overland in Culver City.

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[Nadine]

@lordofthemark 214564 wrote:

My Junior High French teacher called us by French names similar to our English names. No French equivalent of “Kenneth” so she called me “Christophe” My rabbi/hebrew school teacher told me this was completely improper for a Jewish boy. I don’t think I ever told my teacher, I didn’t want the confrontation.

I went into labor with my son at Christopher’s Restaurant in Cambridge MA. We were waiting for a table, and suddenly I had to stand up and grip chairs every few minutes. My husband convinced me to get takeout. (Then it took us a half hr to walk home, usually a7 min walk. [emoji38]) I’d been in “labor” all day, but it had been low key til the restaurant – I’d gone to work. I got my health care at work, so where better?

So we floated the idea of naming our son Christopher, since he was almost born there – but a good friend (who ended up at Matthew’s birth! [emoji38][emoji1744]) told us we couldn’t name a Jewish boy Christopher.

[lordofthemark]

@Nadine 214681 wrote:

I went into labor with my son at Christopher’s Restaurant in Cambridge MA. We were waiting for a table, and suddenly I had to stand up and grip chairs every few minutes. My husband convinced me to get takeout. (Then it took us a half hr to walk home, usually a7 min walk. [emoji38]) I’d been in “labor” all day, but it had been low key til the restaurant – I’d gone to work. I got my health care at work, so where better?

So we floated the idea of naming our son Christopher, since he was almost born there – but a good friend (who ended up at Matthew’s birth! [emoji38][emoji1744]) told us we couldn’t name a Jewish boy Christopher.

So since we do not believe that the messiah has come, we aren’t supposed to give a name suggesting we are honoring someone as the messiah – Christ is of course Greek for Messiah/moshiach/anointed one. So you don’t give a name with that element (even if folks with the name Christopher are actually named after St Christopher, not after Jesus)

Now, we had a somewhat similar story to yours. We were at a vegetarian/health food store/restaurant run by Sikhs in Baltimore, called the Golden Temple.

I thinks Sarah (POTM) is glad we didnt give her that name – though Aurelia might have worked. Or to be more traditionally Jewish, Goldie. (I have a niece names Zloty – not named after the old Polish currency, but I guess the Polish translation of Goldie, which was some great grandmother’s name in the old country)

Edit. QOTM points out we could have named her Shirley Temple. Hmmm.

[CBGanimal]

1/25/2022 My name if I would have married Julio Iglesias!

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[consularrider]

Christopher Columbus statue, Columbus Square, Astoria, Queens

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[SFrank]

#namegame

I finally found a name I am called by 2 of my favorite people. This is the name that perhaps defines me the most.

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[bikingjenn]

Not my name but saw this today Boomer

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[CBGanimal]

1/26/2022 My uncle used to call me Hollywood…thats all he knew of the US so that was me.

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[bikedavid]

A no plate with my initials

[CBGanimal]

1/28/2022 my initials on a license plate

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[Steve O]

Stephen the Tailor!!
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In the shops at 2000 Pennsylvania Ave. No bikes allowed inside, according to the signs. Oh, well.

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