Bike Lanes Launched

I headed over to Bay Street for the opening of the Court St. bike lanes fully intending to volunteer. I offered and nobody gave me a job so I helped man the Petrie's booth and it was a good thing. Nathan picked the perfect bikes for the crowd. While the other 3 shops had a few mountain bikes and a hybrid or two, he brought a dozen. The new line of Electra bikes came in Friday and we had a few started when I left at 6:30, he stayed til 3am finishing them and it paid off. We had one ladies bike that had more test rides alone than the other 3 shops combined. One of them was complaining because we had too much room, though they had at least 100' of curb available to them but they didn't bother going for more bikes to fill it up. Our gang made two trips with two vehicles. The Electra 'Gigi' was drooled over by almost everyone who stopped in. Young and old loved the retro look and colour scheme. In all probably 30 test rides and at least 6 serious customers for the bikes on hand. I have to admit I really like the men's Townie (below). I was surprised that a few people didn't know where Petrie's is.

The event was deemed a success as about 500 people attended with 100 doing the mass ride of the lanes. As I came up Court on the way in there were trucks and a trailer parked in the lane so the education will be and ongoing event.

Week 4/7
3 coffee, dim sum, pork loin, fries, broccoli salad, water, chips and iced tea
Week 4/6
croissants, coffee, sausage, orange spritz, cheese, crackers, pepperoni, 4 pb cookies, pizza, vodka & orange

Week 4/5

toast, 2 coffee, 10 peanut butter cookies, curry, diet 7up, cheesies with Ginko

Week 4/4

toast, coffee, cheese, crackers, water, lemonade, grilled chicken sandwich, fries, frutopia

Dandelion Wine Anyone?

Ontario's new ban on chemical weed killers has sure resulted in a fine crop of dandelions. I took a ride to watch Brandyn's t-ball game, and I'm sure they lost a ball or 2 in the knee-deep stems. It was supposed to be worse on Tuesday as they all were white with seeds, which means by next week there will be a multitude more and we may lose a player or two. Not that things wouldn't improve if a few of the totally undisciplined kids on the Red team were to wander into the weeds and never be seen again. A totally unruly bunch, parents keep saying over and over "don't play in the sand" etc. but the kids just keep on creating dust.  People are actually bringing in chemicals from the states and Manitoba. Here's an interesting article that states "In fact, when counting overall nutritional value, the U.S. Agriculture Department puts dandelion ahead of broccoli and spinach." 

Week 4/3
toast, banana, 2 coffee, cheese, crackers, 3 glasses water, rhubarb/strawberry square, salmon, salad, fries, diet 7up
Week 4/2
toast, banana, coffee, 2 rhubarb/strawberry squares, pasta, scone, diet pepsi