My morning ride…
So, you know I’ve been riding my bike to work since May? I’m kind of impressed with myself because when I bought the bike I remember thinking to myself “gee, i hope i can keep this up.” And the fact that its October and I still ride about 10 miles a day is surprising even to myself. Especially because I grew up telling myself and anyone who would listen that I very much disliked riding bikes. I think we can blame my sister for that though since she took every chance possible to force me into riding with her. She once made me ride like 30 miles all the way to Ojai. I was so mad. Now I would gladly do that! How fun! Anyways, I have figured out that since May I have probably ridden around 880 miles total, and I’m still in love with it. Here is a view that I pass by every morning at about 7:45 am. Every morning its different but its always beautiful.
Carmen, and 
Emilily are discussing.
Emilily 2:57 pm on October 17, 2009 Permalink
Wow, your morning ride is beautiful! On Monday, I will take a picture of my morning commute for you! I am impressed with your bike riding, and I think we have similar bike riding histories – I always thought I did not like riding bikes, until I got my bike, and now I ride it like 4-5 days a week…to the gym, to the grocery store, to the beach, or just around the block. I am pretty sure I haven’t ridden 880 miles though, that seems like a lot.
Hey! The Sartorialist is going to be in San Francisco next week – maybe you should dress up really euro and ride your bike back and forth in front of the store where he is doing his book signing! He likes chicks with 1) cool hair and 2) on bikes…and if you wear something double-breasted or cuffed at the ankle, you might get lucky!!! That would be so awesome, you would be my hero, even more than you are now!
Emilily 8:12 pm on October 18, 2009 Permalink
It just occurred to me that maybe not everyone reading our blog will know who The Sartorialist is, and that above comment could be misinterpreted. He is a fashion photographer who started a very popular street-style blog, so by “get lucky,” I meant, be photographed for the blog. That’s it.
Carmen 9:17 pm on October 19, 2009 Permalink
I have quite a bit working against me if I wanted to get shot by the sartorialist. And when I say “shot” I mean by a camera, not a gun. First, I’m not a model, secondly, can you believe I don’t own anything double-breasted? And I can’t ride my bike without a helmet which is the opposite of fashionable… so….I don’t think its an option. But it was a good daydream while it lasted!