Monday, May 31, 2010

Social Cycling



Event #1 - Get dressed up and go on a bike date. 




We made it to the Ward's Island beach just in time for the sunset and cat party. We wore hats! (Under our helmets, of course.)

Monday, May 17, 2010

LGRAB Summer Games

Let's Go Ride a Bike has launched it summer games, and they sound pretty darn fun, and the prize sounds pretty darn awesome, and we are pretty darn competitive so... let the games begin!

Read about them here.


How to play, you ask?
It’s easy. There are three main categories, and six events in each category. Complete events in each category over a three week period, and tell us about it via blog post link or email, plus photo addition to our Summer Games Flickr Pool. Entries must include a story and a photo of each event you complete.  If you enter via a post on your own blog, please link to this announcement in your entry, include one of our badges and let us know via email.
Anyone who completes at least two events in each of the three categories will be entered to win the Batavus BuB by random drawing. We’re also giving away prizes as readers complete each category.
May 17-June 6: Social Cycling
  • Go on a group ride
  • Leave a nice note on a bike, or say hi to a cyclist at a red light
  • Schedule a bike date with a friend or partner — dress up!
  • Recruit a non-biking friend for a ride
  • Ride with your family
June 7-June 27: Learning Experiences
  • Perform a maintenance task — big or small!
  • Decorate your bike
  • Read a book about cycling
  • Carry a load on your bike — groceries, etc.
  • Test ride a different type of bike than you normally ride
June 28-July 18: New Territory
  • Ride a greenway
  • Have a bicycle picnic
  • If you don’t normally ride to work, commute by bike, or by bike/train or bike/bus
  • If you do commute, take the long way home: add distance to your usual ride
  • Explore a new part of town by bike
We will be completing every event ourselves and sharing our adventures here, of course.
A huge thank you to all of the companies that donated prizes!  Click on the images below to visit their websites.  This is all for you, loyal readers and fellow bike lovers.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

The Weekend

Friday night dinner on the patio at La Mexicana II to celebrate the end of Bryan's first year. Chile rellenos, pozole, sopa de lima and a burrito, enchilada and quesidilla combo platter. Drunk patrons with obnoxious, mid-forties laughs were also included! We had a pitcher of steam whistle, but were extremely tempted to try their avocado-based drink. Next time.

Bowling at Danforth Bowl. Cheap drinks, rock 'n' roll, 6 lanes, 5 pins and manual scoresheets.

A trip to the Sunday St. Lawrence Antiques market yielded a book on the history of Kingston, Ontario (guess who bought that!), some buttons, and this antique crate to store our many living room blankets in. $55.

Other weekend highlights sans photo included:
The Designer Cookie

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