Summer Issue

My bicycle is somewhere... on a truck... a moving truck... I hope! 
At any rate, we are in the Summer issue of Momentum Mag. My old Martha Stewart craft project necklace is also in there.

Andrew Hinderaker teamed up with me to do the photo shoot at Union Square in New York City.
I'm thrilled to get a full page and a mention for the necklaces.

These are my favorite photos from the shoot.

Yes! I rode home in these shoes. I went kinda slow, but I took this look all the way home.





And that's my trusty old dress from my original BikeNYC portrait by Dmitry Gudkov.


That dress is Billabong and it was about $40 a few summers ago. Good textile designs live on and on. 

Summer Saturdays are for Living

I had a big, Saturday lady-date with Malaika. We met at Minetta Tavern. She's always wanted to go, and I'm doing all this NYC Bucket List stuff since we're leaving in a few weeks.

Minetta Tavern is old and cute. We had big fat, juicy burgers.




I lied- Minetta wasn't exactly on my NYC Bucket List, but I got the idea when Imperial Woodpecker Sno-Balls tweeted that their new, summer 2012 location is across the street from Minetta Tavern, and I was interested because of that Fran Lebowitz: Public Speaking documentary I saw on HBO.

What a convenient, wonderful meal plan? I thought. Malaika signed on without hesitation.

And Sno-Balls came after burgers because we are geniuses.


Half pear - half peaches & cream


Then, we biked up 6th Ave... 

...And got rained on a little. 
But we arrived at our third destination - The Museum of Modern Art, to catch one last intriguing glimpse of the Cindy Sherman retrospective. 

We both left feeling full and inspired. Good Saturday!

Spring Lady Biker Tips

It's springtime for real.

Let's have some Spring Lady Biker Tips! I’m slathering myself with a mix of SPF, self-tanner and body lotion before I get dressed in the mornings. I smell a little crazy, a little sweaty and a little self-tannery and a little SPF’y.  I smell like a Lady Biker. The self tanner is going to help me fight the pasty whiteness I rock so hard. See photo above.

To stay behind my sweat threshold, I’m forcing myself to bike at a slower pace. Since I get ready faster- less clothing and no need for winter accessories, I’m getting out of the house faster because I don’t have to gather up gloves, scarves, ear-cover, etc, so biking slower doesn’t impact my arrival time for work.

The baby wipes are back since I’m biking around with so much exposed skin. My lotion potion seems to help grit stick to me so I might need to wipe down my calves or if I get a little grease on me, I can baby wipe myself.

I down own perfume, but I love this fancy Febreeze-type Freshening Spray from The Laundress.
Got that tip from the adorable Erin Perkins. I also notice when I bike, my scarves smell like a tailpipe- totally disgusting, and I think it helps to spritz them with this stuff. It’s a little pricey for a bottle of fancy freshening spray, but I think it’s a miracle worker and like I said, I don’t own perfume and this bottle has lasted a very long time.

Skippy shoes/Skipipies. Flats, slip-ons, slaps, whatever you wish to call them, they are skippies. Slip ‘em on and skip around, get it? I think I’m done with socks until fall. I hate socks.  Someone asked me a hair question and one little tip is RIP your helmet off your head as soon as you arrive before you do anything else and fluff it a little with your fingers. Aerate! So it can start cooling while you lock-up or get in a freight elevator. Sometimes, I spray that fabric freshening spray in my hair if I’m paranoid that it smells like dirty girl hair.

Even though daytime is lasting longer, I always, always, always carry my lights with me. You never know when fun will strike and keep you out past dark so always be prepared.