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Tuesday things and thoughts: having a moment

February 8, 2011 8 Comments


*Both shots are film photographs taken with a Pentax K1000, by mi homie Richie | notmyrichie.com
♥thx!

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With love from San Pancho: merry xmas, happy holidays +happy new year 2011!

December 21, 2010 23 Comments
With love from San Pancho: Happy Holidays
mine
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With love from San Francisco, wishing you all happy holidays and a peaceful, relaxing, 
and big wild party to celebrate the end of year and receive a brand new sunrise in 2011.
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frenchie. and you are there
Frenchie, and you are there. — BART
ginger dose
Hot ginger dose — Outdoor sitting at Outerlands
bart parking
BART parking — Passing by parked bikes at the 24th and Mission BART station.
jump
Jump — Crunchie sidewalk, somewhere in North Beach
holiday spirit night riders
Blinkies — Butterlap pit stop in the Presidio
sweet ride
Sweet ride. — Chatting with a fellow randonneur, outside Trouble Coffee in Outer sunset.
red bow white ride
Red bow white ride — Outside Orphan Andy’s in the Castro
greetings from foglandia
Greetings from foglandia, from a quiet Golden Gate Bridge sunset fog view
Chillaxing +drinking lots of coffee and, maybe will give it a try at skating that ice rink at Union Square or Embarcadero (!!)
I’ll be back to the blogesphere after the Holidays, in January. Thanx for reading, as always. Mucho love.
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’til next year!
♥xo.meli
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Bikes and the slow life: Anthology

December 17, 2010 16 Comments

Anthology magazine is a new quarterly beautiful independent publication, ran by two fantastic local women, locally based in the Bay Area.
I was honored and humbly flattered when I was contacted to interview for an article. At the time, I had no idea what array and variety of subjects visual design would be involved, which turned out to be fantastic. So I had the interview, more like bike chat conversations, with each of the ladies. This took place back in May (old saddle still lived and spoke card is from fresh from Bike to Work Day), the magazine was launched this past October.
So, to close this long week and almost this year, here I am. The article is titled “Nice Ride” with Frenchie in the spotlight♥!!

This is what a cyclist looks like. Says me!

The photograph was taken on an early morning at Coffee bar on Mariposa, one of my many favorite spots around San Francisco. The photo session was lots of fun and I even got to meet a few handsome local firemen. 
It was quite a thrill to flip through tha pages and see the photos. The design and photography, as well as the typography is well thoughtout. They also feature a local business spots, yummy eats and in the mix a coffee man and some pizza recipes along with it. So Bay Area!!…

pizzaaaaaaaaaaaaaH!
pizzaaaaaaaaaaaaaH — gimmee!!
Anatomy of your smile maker =)

There is also a informational nicely written by Velouria of Lovely Bike! which goes into detail why it is important and crucial that you find a bicycle that fits you well and learn to identify what works for you and your needs. Basic!

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Launch party reception event | West Elm, Emeryville 
Here are some photos of la Calitexican and I at the reception party more than a few weeks ago, causing crafty troubles in the East Bay. The event took place at the West Elm in Emeryville (Next to Berkeley, for those of you outside the area). The photobooth was super fun!

bootielicious
le DJ
a lady DJ spinning the night away
oh hai

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issue #1 The excitement to be featured in a non-biking magazine (as I have also previously expressed in BUST‘s article post from last year) is to be able to be part of the exposure and once again show that you don’t need to be in great shape, wear specific clothing or items and in particularly, show that San Francisco is completely bikeable and no hills, nor myths, nor train tracks should stop someone from at least trying it out. If that could reach and potentially inspire or motivate anyone of you out there, or if it already has by looking around you and grab a bike to use it as a tool to get around town — then that is just pure joy.

I love fashion and I like to dress up even if I’m picking up a pizza around the corner. I’ve always said that one should ride in whatever one is comfortable with and what feels natural to you. If you are happy and comfortable whether it is a dress, boots, sportswear, lycra or jeans, or whatever it is, then do it. 

You will conquer any bike route and see your confidence blossom to a different level while at it.

After almost a decade of bicycling in this foggy-steep-hills-fine and fantastic city, there is tremendous room for structure improvement, but the large increase of bike ridership in the recent years has shown that it is possible to ride the hell out of this city. Women, more women, more women!! let’s be represented.

Anthology editorial ladies, many gracias
+thanks for reading my blog and adventures
♥xxo.meli

Now get off you computer and go ride, and get a paper cut from an actual paper magazine!! =)

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Much needed Monday motivation: « À Bicyclette »

December 13, 2010 7 Comments

My partner in artsy-things-and-silent-film crimes, sent me this link the other day which he so nicely included the lyrics +translations. So cute, now I need a little Campari mid-day cocktail and close my eyes imagining I’m at his concert.
Yves Montand, Olympia 1981

 

« À Bicyclette » “By Bicycle”
Quand on partait de bon matin When we left early in the morning
Quand on partait sur les chemins When we left on the roads
À bicyclette By bicycle
Nous étions quelques bons copains We were a few good friends
Y avait Fernand y avait Firmin There was Fernand and Firmin
Y avait Francis et Sébastien There was Francis and Sébastien
Et puis Paulette And then Paulette.

On était tous amoureux d’elle We were all in love with her
On se sentait pousser des ailes We felt like we were growing wings
À bicyclette On our bicycles.
Sur les petits chemins de terre On these little dirt roads
On a souvent vécu l’enfer We often went through hell
Pour ne pas mettre pied à terre To not dismount
Devant Paulette In front of Paulette.

Faut dire qu’elle y mettait du cœur I must say that she really put her heart into it
C’était la fille du facteur She was the daughter of the postman
À bicyclette On a bicycle.
Et depuis qu’elle avait huit ans And ever since she was eight
Elle avait fait en le suivant She followed him around
Tous les chemins environnants All the neighborhood roads
À bicyclette By bicycle.

Quand on approchait la rivière When we approached the river
On déposait dans les fougères We left in the ferns
Nos bicyclettes Our bicycles.
Puis on se roulait dans les champs Then we rolled in the fields
Faisant naître un bouquet changeant   Giving life to a changing bouquet
De sauterelles, de papillons Of grasshoppers, butterflies,
Et de rainettes and tree frogs.

Quand le soleil à l’horizon When the sun on the horizon
Profilait sur tous les buissons Cast over the bushes
Nos silhouettes Our silhouettes
On revenait fourbus contents We returned exhausted and content
Le cœur un peu vague pourtant Yet the heart a bit vague
De n’être pas seul un instant Because we never had a moment alone
Avec Paulette With Paulette.

Prendre furtivement sa main To furtively take her hand
Oublier un peu les copains To forget the others a little
La bicyclette The bicycle.
On se disait c’est pour demain We tell ourselves that’s for tomorrow
J’oserai, j’oserai demain I will dare to, I will dare to tomorrow
Quand on ira sur les chemins When we go on the roads
À bicyclette By bicycle.

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♥Happy Friday, keepin an eye on you!!

December 10, 2010 8 Comments

Those catrinas be watching after you.

 16th +mission bart station | Fall 2010

Bicycle bike local trouble makers Mayra aka Hella Breezy and I, as seen in big public-space posters at the 16th and Mission BART Stations.
Rio+Rene Yañez/SOMArts Día de los muertos (Honoring Revolution with Visions of Healing) exhibit posters, which went up in early November, and are still alive and kicking =)
You can see the poster pictures taken by Rio in a slideshow here: link
San Francisco Mission district, November-December 2010. Both shots taken by mi mom.

I was so overly flattered, this was an awesome experience to see!!
luv, ♥xxo.meli

16th +mission bart station | Fall 2010
Me, Fall 2010
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Sightglass showstopper -from the Timbuk2 blog

December 9, 2010 2 Comments

Hat tip to Jordan and Elia for the link info. ♥Gracias! 
Well, so how you doin’!?

Meli-WTF-Timbuk2

WTF bag of mine. Photo by Elia

The post is here: Sightglass showstopper by Lizzy | Timbuk2 blog

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Thursday things and thoughts: on any given morning

December 2, 2010 2 Comments

I’d like to share this super nice story this morning, because we all see each other every morning on our bikes, on our way to work, sharing the same streets in our various choices and ways of transportations, heading to mulitple places for different reasons.
My bike buddy and longtime blog reader Butter Bill, has this bright story to share with us all:

Time: 8:04am
Place: Embarcadero bike/pedestrian pathway near the bow and arrow at Embarcadero and Folsom Street

I was riding to work this morning and a young gal (I would say in high school, as she had a blue hoodie that said some local school’s soccer team) had her BMX bike upside down along with a bloodied right elbow was frantically trying to get her chain back on the chainring.

I stopped and asked if she needed help and she was on the cell phone with her older sister trying to walk her thru the steps.

I proceeded to get off my bike and fiddled with the chain for a bit and got it back on AND I gave her a band-aid for her cut elbow.

She said I made her day and asked if she could give me a hug and I said, “Sure.” And then I rode off into the sunrise and am now here at work.

– Bill

photo shared by Bill  
 Butter bill's poem
I’d also like show off this beautiful poem by Silvi (the Poetry Store), I find it quite fitting! She is always spot-on in such a beautiful and unique way. And also watch out for the Giant jersey on the road, below is his latest bike jersey purchase. Very cool!

Thanks Bill for always sharing your infamous butterlap maps +your triathlon adventures!

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