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Photo del día: little frenchie monsters

February 2, 2011 No Comments

La Lady GaGa returns to the Bay Area for another concert this March. Last time she was spotted eating sausages at Rosemund’s in the Mission and down the peninsula at Apple’s mothership. Where will she be spotted next?!
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show me your teeth
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Morning bike fuel

February 2, 2011 1 Comment

Taking a break loving much of the morning sunshine. I am having a tremendous appetite this week.
Below is yogurt +fruit +honey from La Boulange. I think the yogurt they use is from local company Strauss, so creamy and thick. Delish.
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Butter up, buttercups. It’s butterlap!

January 19, 2011 1 Comment
2011-01-17 15.52.56
This marks the 500th photo I have added to its butter lap ride – foto set. 
The blood + flats was from that one first ride of 2011, it isn’t a frequent happening ummkay…
Um yea that’s a lot of butterlap fotos. ♥Good peeps. Good times.

 ♥Butterlap| Meets Wednesdays at Ferry bldg. 7PM

Ends at Bender’s around 9PM • about 17-18mi ride

Rules: 1) Don’t be an asshole. 2) Bring good booze.

stops:
++ Ferry building (in front of the steps)
++ Ft.Mason (at the excercise bars by the statues, atop Gashouse cove
++ Presidio overlooking Baker Beach (Lincoln at Washington Blvd.)
++ Legion of honor
++ Clement and 43rd ave.)
++ Ocean beach (Great Hwy at JFK)
++ Stanyan and Fell/Oak
++ Benders (19th at S. Van Ness)
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Suspect #1

January 17, 2011 2 Comments

After spending some time with Velcro, mi beloved beautiful cat, we came to terms.
She promised me not to give Frenchie the slashing-tires treatment, since I got new rubber. Deal.

2011-01-14 22.49.51

Last week I finally got both new tires, altogether. Many thanks for all your recommendations, I really appreciate it =)
As an extension of my persona, it is quite complicated keeping up with the Frenchie, with the exception that I am not French… at any rate, the ratio of the rear can get away with being 27 x1/4 so I got the Continental Gator and for the front it has to be a 27 x1/8 due to the complication of the spacing between the basket base, the front fender and the brake.Well anyways. We are once again Polk street-ready.
This time the nice young men at the Sports Basement (I’m a huge fan of their open-late hours) took good care of Frenchie. Photographed below is Thai-Son. Sup!

thai-san
nip tuk
Working on a purple Peugeot.

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The top photo was taken with my phone.

The two from the bike shop, taken with the Lumix LX5 — new camera I am just starting to figure out.

New year, new gadgets. I’m stoked =)

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Photo del día: live in the moment

January 10, 2011 2 Comments

Like a mural, like life, like a companion, like good friend. 

Taking a second to appreciate someone, appreciate a moment out of the daily grind, is good for the soul.

Wall street art pieces stand in a parallel similarity to life, they are there one minute, and they could be gone the next.

This photo of the wall piece by local artist Eddie Colla was taken about a week or so ago. It is no longer there.

A life can never be duplicated or replaced. 

My prayers and thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones from the Tucson shootings [link via LAtimes].

Frenchie +Eddie Colla
Frenchie +Eddie near Sutter street. (*update Eddie and D young V collab)
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Events+moments del 2010: December craft fairs – Indiemart NightLife at the Academy of sciences

January 9, 2011 5 Comments

Here are 2 more rare-weekend posts for a little Saturday reading treat for the cozy couch potatoes =)
There are some photos and events I didn’t get to publish last year, I will post them in the first couple of weeks of the new year so, some kind of quasi-review of 2010.

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Academy of Sciences NightLife in December 9th.
craft night at the academy
Craft night at the Academy
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Claude!! I love the albino half-blind alligator.
koo kooo ko
More albino animals. koo kooo ko
the academy at night
zzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzz
best outfit
Her red dress has KITTEHS all over. Love her outfit, she is so cute!
sock monsters
The sock monsters guy. He said this one monster looked like me. ja jaaa.
 craft night at the academy of sciences is boring

The part of restored side of the original Academy building was buzzing with vendors and shoppers.
oh hai
oh hai.  Thought the junction of views here was quite interesting.

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parking
Parking. The Academy of scions has plenty of bikes, though it gets pretty crowded at times.
Someone has previously commented on the limited use of bike parking for staff.
Does anyone have any updates or information upon that?

And here is what I wore for the evening. Due to nasty allergies, I was a tad high on very rare Sudafed dose. Yuuuuuuck…
and off we go
and off we go
Evening ride

Evening ride

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’til next time NightLife at the Academy + indie mart.
This concludes the 3 Holiday artsy craft events. Cute stuff, lots to see, large little fan of the DIY indie crowds.
// xxo♥m

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Events+moments del 2010: December craft fairs – Bizarre bazaar

January 9, 2011 2 Comments

There are some photos and events I didn’t get to publish last year, I will post them in the first couple of weeks of the new year so in chronological rewind. Some type of quasi-review of 2010.

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nov 12 craft event

The Bazaar Bizarre was held in Ft. Mason, in the “grueling far and hilly” and burritoless north side of town, which also happens to have amazing Golden Gate, Marin and many views of the beautiful Bay. While riding to the event in the super crowded parking, I ran into Dave and his Schwinn krate-mayhem crew.

ran into dave + his crew
Dave is one of the nicest guys you’ll find biking around the city 🙂
Later I found a photo Dave had also snapped of me. Him and his friend Ed were on their way back to the ballpark, they looked prepared. 
Love running into bikey peeps riding all over the city!
Meli on the move
Meli on the move by krate-mayhem

There were a number of interesting things and vendors that had grat stuff, but I only made it for about 10 minutes. Ran into a couple of friends, bough a one-sie(is that what they are called?) for my buddy’s new baby boy and left. When I can’t chat to the vendor on voice level, or hear my thoughts while getting smacked by antsy elbows, messenger bags and purses that can’t seem to be able to get through, it is time to leave.

So ditched it all and I went riding. 

I deviated towards the Crissy field area to follow the sunset and some quiet time.

Riding instead of crowded crowds, anytime.

nov 12 bizarre bazar craft event
Bazaar bizarre is too crowded for me.
 beautiful
Beautiful
sunset seeker
Sunset seeker
qué beautiful skies
Qué beautiful skies. Wicked.

—‘Til next time Bizarros

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