After mentioning that I have not put my studded tires on Oma yet, I missed them this weekend. Some mild precipitation on Friday night caused patches of black ice to form all around the city.
I had to walk Oma over black ice several times while getting around on Saturday - biking to Logan Square to try on vintage outfits from Holly's Lucite Box for the upcoming Bike Winter Fashion Show (found a gorgeous blue velvet dress), back to Lakeview for Heritage Bicycles' grand opening party (crowded!), and to Wicker Par...
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My new bike is perfectly lovely so far! Yesterday I took her to work and back and also for a lunchtime joy ride. I'll write more about those rides later. For now I'm still mulling over her name. I briefly considered Chanel based on her rich and sophisticated look, but that would be a bit silly.
Maybe she is more of a crunchy granola hippie type, with her fun and rustic Fat Frank tires. What name would that be: Hope? Sunshine? 
No, that's really not her personality. She's sweet and sophisticate...
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Biking news out of Nashville is going to be slow for the next day or two, due to Snowpocalypse 2010. Friday morning, snow started falling and continued for the rest of the day, ending with an accumulation of (gasp!) about four inches (I can hear Dot laughing all the way from Chicago).
My office was closed on Friday, as were all the schools, and many businesses were shut over the weekend.
Before you hardier New England and Midwestern souls start laughing too loudly, I should explain that this sort of weather...
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On Friday, after riding city streets all week, the beauty and safety of the Lakefront Trail won me over. Light snow fluttered in the morning, but changed to freezing rain by the evening. Again the temperature was 30-something and my new thrifted wool cardigan kept me warm enough.
Major development: ice is starting to encroach on the path. Water laps up from the lake and then freezes. This is nothing compared to how it will look in a month. Soon this entire stretch of path directly next to the ...
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