Sooo stoked to be in this flyer!! With the hella breezy -La Moussy- Mayra Ramirez and I, doing our calaca thing. Rene y Río worked their magic.
Opening Reception: Friday Oct 8th 6-9PM
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Dia de los Muertos 2010 | Dedicated to the centennial celebration of the Mexican Revolution and to Maria de la Asuncion Lopez
SOMArts Cultural Center
Sliding scale $5-$10 | 934 Brannan street
+info via Curator Rio Yañez – here

 ♥ Friday: Art Explosion Fall Open Studios

Opening Reception: Friday Oct 8th 7-11PM
744 Alabama St | Free
artexplosionstudios.com

Author David V. Herlihy at Public bikes | 7PM-8PM

Location:  PUBLIC Bikes 123 South Park

+info here: link

“Do zombies exist? They will on Friday, October 8th as the East Bay Bike Party celebrates it’s sixth ride with… ZOMBIES!”

As usual, the gathering begins at 7:30pm and the ride will leave at 8pm sharp… like zombie teeth! We leave from Frank Ogawa Plaza (Oakland City Hall) and will ride south to Jack London Square

♥ Saturday: Mission Litquake litcrawl

6-930PM All over the Mission District
more info here: litquake.org

♥ Sunday: ragamuffin rally
 
Starts at 9AM Panhandle Fell/Baker man statue.

 The posse would be there, if we didn’t plan to party late on Saturday. If you do happen to go, let me know how it goes =)

♥ Sunday: SportsBasement ride
From the sportsbasement email group.
Find the map here: link. 

What: Sports Basement Sunday Ride
Beginnermediate Group – 31 miles @ 14-16mph avg. on the flats – (slower uphill) – no rider left behind.  Wait at tops of hills and major intersections.
When: Sunday, October 10th – Meet up at 8:30am for flaxy breakfast nuglets & juice – ride rolls out at 9:00am
Where: Sports Basement Presidio – 610 Old Mason St., The Presidio of San Francisco
Bring: Your helmet (this is mandatory!), a couple of water bottles, a little cash, an ID, a cell phone with saved I.C.E. contact, and a patch kit & tube.
Don’t Bring: Your ipod or any devices which plug your ears or impair your ability to hear.  This is a group ride and we want to make sure that you are communicating with your group for safety and social reasons 🙂    

image above +schedule from here: sf.funcheap
sfgate article here: Family Biking Day promotes fun, safe riding

At cafe duNord.
 Doors open at 7PM, show at 8PM | $5-10
+info via SFBC: here

We are young. We run green. Keep our teeth, nice and clean, See our friends, see the sights, feel aaaalright

He had an electrical motor and was explaining to me that in order to live way up near Twin Peaks it motivated him to have a little help. I thought they were just really stiff panniers…
Well, I know that if I lived up there, my thighs would be burrito-fueled powerful super legs. Damn OK, ride on. =)

This guy didn’t pedal for about 3 blocks. I was drinking some much-needed iced coffee at the Peet’s on Polk and saw him riding down from Pacific, past Broadway and on further. No pedaling needed, hand in pocket. And all.

This young artist and I chatted for a bit. He was very kind to let me take a few pictures of his set-up.
I was thrilled to see a surfing-board bike hook which are so poular around Santa Cruz and beach towns, used to carry canvas on wheels. So nice!!
He is the artist behind the work that is currently going on the Mitchell brothers theatre on O’Farrel. Yea, it’s that kinda theatre but, at least the wild animal murals outside are pretty fun to bike past them. The tenderloin where this theatre is located, could certainly be a wild city jungle.

This is a dedicated Wednesday post series for women that kick butt in the everyday errands, commute and fun rides, and decide to take it a curious, wanderluster step beyond comfort to miles and miles ahead to see what’s out there, do long distance rides, camping and explore the landscapes.
Please do leave your comments and/or questions for the featured riders and enjoy!
♥xxo.m

 

When did you start your long distance curiosity and where was the first ride you recall as being such a long ride?
I got my first road bike (my purple KHS) in the fall of ’08, but I’ve been into going FAR for only about a year.  The first ride that I got that “Its windy, I’m hungry, can you guys wait up? We’ve been gone for 6 hours” feeling was riding around Tahoe last summer.  Its a beautiful ride, I highly recommend it but watch out for 69 year-old drivers from Chico who will run you off the road!

In October I’m riding the Medio Fondo up on Santa Rosa, featuring the exhilarating Coleman Valley Road climb along the coast!  I’ve done two centuries this year (Napa Tour de Cure and Marin Century) but I think this ride is going to be the most beautiful!  (watch it rain now).

Tahoe Caravan

Gran Fondo Pit Stop

The 3 things that are a must to bring with you:

Saddle bag with patches, spare tube, mini multi tool, and an emergency Clif Shot (I consistently have a mini emotional breakdown at 50 miles that can be circumvented by GU at mile 48).

Google Maps on my phone (I get lost a lot)

Arm warmers.  Even in the middle of summer!

It sounds weird, but there is powder sunscreen that comes in a tube with a flow-through brush.  Its terrific for applying to your sweaty, greasy face because it absorbs oil as well as give SPF!  I use Peter Thomas Roth Instant Mineral because the tube is slim. 

Riding out a few zip codes is mentally so refreshing.  You get away from familiar places and you get a lot of time to just think inside your head, in a new environment.  Its healing.  Just go the pace you are comfortable with, and remember to keep eating!

Coconut water is the most refreshing beverage by far.  I’m not normally a huge meat eater but pretty much anything on a plate that used to be alive makes me really happy.  Like Kebabs.  On a stick.  On a plate.  In my hand.

**All photos by davidnichols

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♥Gracias Vivian!!