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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

✖︎  first post

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.

A post shared by meli (@meligrosa) on Jan 16, 2017 at 3:31pm PST

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

it is beautiful, if you are a Lynch fanático, it is a must-see.
i saw it last nite.
loved it.
[the roxie just added dates, info here]

anoche × david lynch: the art life 🎥🚬

A post shared by meli (@meligrosa) on May 4, 2017 at 2:02pm PDT

DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE IS HELD OVER! More shows added through 5/11! https://t.co/ih9dQgSBVF @janusfilms @DAVID_LYNCH pic.twitter.com/1KWAq0IlUI

— Roxie Theater (@roxietheater) May 1, 2017

David Lynch: The Art Life Trailer from Janus Films on Vimeo.

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xomeli.

there is no manual to prepare yourself to do something (again) after a traumatizing life event. time helps soothe things but in grieving time is not so linear.
this morning in the morning radio news (740AM) i heard that the city of san francisco has no way of tracking how many roaming service cars ride at any given point, which is not to account for the 7×7 miles within the city of must-have now that are meal-deliveries, amazon deliveries and every delivery you can think of, it is on the road. [links here: SF exploring ‘legal action’ against state for hidden Lyft, Uber traffic data | How are Uber and Lyft affecting Bay Area traffic?]

i stopped bicycle riding the streets of the city approximately 6+ years ago. and asides many constant changes, the flow of traffic is very different from the early 2010s, and also the 2000s . Bumper to bumper at any-given minute. i am no traffic/stat/reporter/analytics expert but i know the significance of crowded-ness when i see it aka almost-getting hit by a “drone” distracted car as a pedestrian almost-all the time.

how, then, does it come to my mind that i should –if ever– chose mi preferred method of transportation as the bicycle again? will i ever be mentally ready, not to mention physically ready?

as with many other life decisions, there may not be a way to go back in life, routine, to where things once were. and that is alrite.
i think about mi brother every day. if the strength ever comes by me again, i guess it falls under the you’ll just know feeling. i guess. i hope.
i just don’t know :/

little simz is a rad rapper, at 23, she owns her own music label.
this is one of her older videos (2015) ×

✖︎ further deets/reads:

× browse her latest videos here: LittleSimzVEVO
× cool interview at teenage girls mega site Rookie: Just Keep It Honest: An Interview With Little Simz

“My advice to anyone else is: Girls, know your worth. Don’t ever feel submissive or like anyone else is superior because you are equally just as strong. That’s just a message for all women.” — Little Simz via Rookiemag.