hello all,
wanted to share a few of the pieces i’ve read and very much enjoyed in the last week/month or so, from a variety of subjects.

Local/Current issues (San Francisco)
When a Neighborhood Says No to Bike Share
+ link: citylab.com
+ by Andrew Small, based in D.C.
+ 5 minute read
“I believe there is space for both a strong robust thriving Latino Cultural District and access to mobility. So the question is, ‘How can we do this in a way that maximizes that access to opportunity?’ (Culsich-Schwartz says) … ”

Fashion/Freedom
Safe Spaces of Desire: Advertisements in the Nineteenth-Century Fashion Press of Berlin, Paris, and New York
+ link: fashionstudiesjournal.org
+ by Roxandra Looft PhD, and long-time blog friend 🙂
+ 10-15 minute read
“ … By reading these ads as a whole rather than as individual messages neatly sectioned into separate squares we are better able to arrive at our point of departure: reading these ads from a distance that allows us to see them as pieces of a whole; as both prescriptive and descriptive, and as suggestive of a more complex narrative regarding the intersection of gender, class, consumption, and fashion.”

Movies/History
‘Detroit’ tells story of the ’67 riots only without black women
+ link: theundefeated.com
+ by Jemelle Hill
+ 8-10 minute read

Photography/Upcoming exhibition (Los Angeles)
Q&A Graciela Iturbide talks about going viral, L.A. cholos and shooting Frida Kahlo’s bathroom
+ link: LATimes.com
+ By Carolina A. Miranda
I was so-very lucky enough to see Graciela in person, she gave a lecture at the art institute on chestnut street, a few years ago. she is superb.
A new book about her comes out this september. check out the cover. so cool.

Música
Review: Flor De Toloache, ‘Las Caras Lindas’
+ link: npr.org
+ by Marisa Arbona-Ruiz^ foto taken by me, they recently played and fully enacptivated the SFJazz venue crowd with their talented melodies, and tremendous vocal cords. hechizadoras!

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If you have already voted, thanks so much! if you haven’t you got until august 28th (voting can only be counted once)
My participating entry is called Drawn to You
More info // vote here ➸ #SFMuniArt 2018 //

Any good articles you’ve come across lately?
Have a great weekend everyone × M.

Just wanted to give a big thank you for the nice note and link to vote for all ten finalists on the local bloggie darling munidiaries.

Check it out on Muni Diaries: Muni Art Opens for your vote
Mi participating piece is called Drawn To You.

Don’t forget to vote now through Aug. 28th. Tell your friends, neighbors, Etc 🙂

LOS EVENTS × Illinois​ batcall for Fri. 7/28 10am-8pm
from Tim, mi fave bikey person in the champaign-urbana area shares this↓ 🙂 ✨☕🍪✨

»“Check out THIS Bikey/Coffee awesomeness! Prizes if you bike from CoffeeLab to Hopscotch (bakery) , and back!”

hola, hello ×

i’m very excited to be part of #SFMuniArt 2018/MUNI public art program, alongside such talented finalists (10 total).
voting is live, check it out ➸ sfbeautiful.org/muniart/

votes are open today – August 28th.
5 winners will be announced August 29th.

the 2018 theme is poetry.
mi participating piece is called Drawn To You.

gracias, thanks xo MELI
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× Note from SF Beautiful:
Voting happens with a Neighborland account. This is done to prevent duplicate votes. People can only vote for you once during the duration of the online vote. People are allowed to vote for multiple finalists. If someone wants, they’re welcome to vote once for all 10 finalists. In order for someone to vote for your proposal, they will need to click the “Me Too” button. You will see where this located once I send out the voting pages to everyone.

a day before the fourth of july break, 9 years ago, i rode home from mi first solid and cool graphic design job at a small lovely studio in west berkeley –a bit before the 2008 recession hit it goodbye. i thought about starting mi own blog while riding mi bike after lunch near the pixar studios, had a slice or two of pizza at the arizmendi in emeryville.

flickr was still a thing. the bike blogesphere was in full swing and flooding inspiration, i wanted to add mi own perspective with coffee adventures and observations.

this site’s dense period lives in the archives between 2008-2010 [ year list lower right ➷ ] and many great friendships were born from that period, and still going. many people i have met in real life, made lots of cyber friends … that’s just so cool.

somehow here i am still. i would like to write more, this is a healthy hobby, and allow its growth, and mine. these days i walk mostly.
slowly taking the sharp turns, absorbing life’s high and lows. trying.
so it goes.

gracias  ×  meli.

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previous anniv links (not very good at it)

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✖︎  1500th post

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seems like a good day to take a minute to say hi,
send that i miss you message,
a thank-you text,
make a phone call when you have those 5-10 minutes free during your lunch today,
instead of browsing the social media platform of your choice,
or perhaps, a nod to a passing stranger …
–the one that seems friendly enough –
on the bus/sidewalk/elevator.

however long some days, months, years may seem, life is too short.
thinking of the all people coping with tragedy, and every day challenges.
☮ meli.

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LOS EVENTS × Women Bike SF Sat. 5/20 Marin Museum of Bicycling en Fairfax … ride meets at Flywheel Coffee leaves at 9am.

más info on sfbike.org // facebook/sfbike ×

We’re riding up to the Marin Museum of Bicycling in Fairfax this weekend and would love for you to join. Deets: https://t.co/4tn4dNdDh8 pic.twitter.com/NVX8W12EQ2

— SF Bicycle Coalition (@sfbike) May 18, 2017