Lady Biker Brunch Date

I may be married, but I'm into online dating. I brunch-date bike ladies I meet online. 
Here's my latest catch, Jen Hill. 

Um, yes! We are so fucking hardcore for riding our bikes in 22º feels like 16º weather.

I've been an admirer or Jen Hill's illustrations and ever so impressed that she illustrated Perez Hilton's children's book, The Boy With Pink Hair. That's some seeeerious street-cred.

We had a good time talking about drawing, makin' books, getting hair fixed, and how we do not welcome unsolicited bike advice from strange men - My favorite subjects.

We tried to go to one too-busy place, but were happy to end up at The Smile.

I was very happy to see that they had a whole shelf of bottled water from where me and Bill Clinton are from in Arkansas - Mountain Valley Spring Water with it's great vintage logo bottles.




Riding downtown to meet her, I used the 2nd Ave. bike lane, which is really just some paint. It's not a very official bike lane at all above 23rd or whatever, but it was pretty pleasant. I only flipped one bird at a turd in a Chrysler from New Jersey.


I captured the essence of the weather in this Frozen Mud Hole of Garbage. 

Frozen garbage mud holes are so sad.

My frozen nose and cheeks matched my fuchsia coat at the end.


Being brave in the face of the middle-of-January cold was worth it.
Thanks for a nice afternoon, Jen.

Final Installment of Summer Streets

I am so glad I participated in all three installments of Summer Streets. I fell into the first one accidentally, but loved it immediately.

This week me and Malaika established a meet-up spot, so other people could easily locate us and hang out. This was a good solution, because last week I missed people. Summer Streets is busy!

Kristina, Maureen, Sheryl, Malaika and Me! And a very cute Jen with a black Linus Dutchie stopped by briefly.


And Julian sporting a really cute houndstooth man-pouch. It's contents match my little bicycle cosmetic pouch of supplies.

After hanging out in the Whole Foods picnic area and eating free snacks, some of us rode down to my favorite summer spot, that sadly, is closing at the end of the month - Imperial Woodpecker Sno-Balls!


I was a little nervous leading people on a ride. It was short, but still. This was a BIG FIRST.
Usually I'm just leading my husband around.

Reggie & Kristina are a very neat couple. They had a costume party Halloween wedding for gosh-sakes!
Kristina's Schwinn Wayfarer is a model that has caught my eye before. It's a very cute bike.

Kim is a Londoner, who is new to biking in the city. We pushed her boundaries and I hope she's proud that she rode on streets without bike lanes.


Me and Malaika again, used the West Side Greenway to get home. We had outfits to plan to celebrate Sheryl's birthday later that evening.