Archive: January 2007
The Cathedral Church of St. John, Albuquerque
Website: http://www.stjohnsabq.org/
Parking:
on the street (metered, Albuquerque allows handicapped parking permit holders to park at meters for free)
church lot on the northeast corner of property, no permit spaces
commercial parking lot across the street to the north, no charge on Sundays
Building access:
The building is accessible via the northeast entrance; all other entrances have steps. There is no [...]
Crip Etiquette
I’m in Albuquerque for a mission operations rehearsal.
I’ve got about an hour and a half before I go on duty, so I go to the Starbucks near the base, get myself a latte, and settle down in an armchair to read for a little while.
In a bit I look up and see two women, one [...]
Pigs have flown
I went off tonight, back to the inaccessible church (after much renovation), for choir rehearsal. My Beloved said, “You better pee before you go.”
I admit, I was skeptical. But children, I am here to tell you that after seven draining, gut-wrenchingly painful years, St Andrew Presbyterian Church of Boulder has a wheelchair accessible restroom.
So you [...]
Pigs hanging around the runway
St Andrew Presbyterian in Boulder still hasn’t managed to have its re-dedication Sunday – it’s been postponed several times.
My choir has resumed rehearsing there, so I’m going tonight. Since we’re channelling a Michigan winter, I called to ask if they had moved the handicapped permit spaces, increased the number of spaces, shovelled the curbcuts and/or [...]
Hooray for the Albuquerque Sunport
This is a shout out to whoever runs the Albuquerque Sunport (their cute name for the airport) rental car center shuttle bus services.
First, the buses run constantly. I’ve never had to wait for a bus.
Second, the entire fleet was recently replaced with kneeling buses with flip out ramps. (I thought the previous vehicles, which had [...]
Another one bites the dust
Invacare is discontinuing sales of Kuschall chairs in North America:
“Kuschall was doing OK, but it wasn’t profitable for us,” said Invacare Vice President Brian Ellacott. “(Medicare) reimbursement is going to be reviewed in 2007, and we know it’s going to go down. So if it wasn’t viable financially currently, the picture could get worse in [...]
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