groovin'

hi!! hope you are all enjoying the week....the weather here has been nothing but fantastic and this pleases me! when it is hot out it always excites me as it means sleeveless shirts, tanks & dresses for me! i love exposing my arms and having them bask in the sun and the other day it was the perfect day to wear one of my favorite dresses!!

to me this dress is perfect! comfy, the pattern is AMAZING and the i just adore the color palette too! i found this dress at the thrift store and i saw it peaking out among the other dresses and new whatever it was it was going to be MINE! basically it was love at first site. i am a HUGE sucker for vintage patterns and 60's patterns are one of my favorite, the era of psychedelic prints and colors and the trendy mod hippie... oh to have lived back then!!

i love how the colors of this dress look so awesome with mary....i definitely felt like a vintage beauty while riding her. sometimes i feel that back then things were made right...there is something about vintage that speaks to my soul....

oh just love this picture...my hair has gotten sooo long and it gets stuck on a lot of things! i really need to start taking pictures somewhere else though, those garbage cans are HIDEOUS!


OH! if you live in the bay area tomorrow i am going to a swapaholics get together with my mom and will be meeting the lovely orchid grey there...although i am sure i will just admire her style from afar as i am sure i will be super nervous to approach her. if you are in sf you should stop on by and say hi!!! you can purchase tickets here & get 25% off by using this code:  City Bird's Nest discount code: BIRDSNEST


xo,
cb

weekend adventures and some bike porn

hi everyone!

hope everyone's week is going awesomely. this past weekend we tested out gilbert, our tandem and boy was it super weird but nothing i can't over come. a tandem is set up a little different then a normal bike. the person in the front, the mister,  is called the "captain". this person has full control of the bike, meaning that they steer, brake and shift. they are also in charge of pedaling although the person in the bike ME called the "stoker"  pedals as well but our pedaling is in unison so if the captain is pedaling that means i am pedaling...if the captain is coasting then the stoker is coasting. that all was easy but also a bit awkward as i have no control over anything...so the mister aka the captain has to call out what he is doing so that we can ride as smoothly as possible. once we get used to riding as a unit then he won't need to call out what he is doing. since the captain has so much control of the riding it is hard for me, someone who likes being in control very hard not to want to help turn the bike or pedal when he coast or the opposite...when we turn i tense up which is not good and it makes it harder for the captain to make a smooth turn...we definitely need to practice more as stopping and starting is kinda awkward too...we both have to start and stop at the same time but it will get easier as we practice more and more....we road around the park which was empty thank god! gilbert has two sets of chains and in the back there are two on either side of me and at one point my shoelace got stuck which frightened the bejesus out of me...poor shoelace! after riding around a bit we had to switch the handle bars as i hate drop bars and i was putting way to much weight on my wrists...we went back to the house to change the bars for me which made turning more balanced for me.

it was too much trying to take pictures of us riding gilbert so here is some bike porn of gilbert looking so pretty in the park with the fall leaves...

we didn't take the tandem out on the iron horse trail as i just didn't feel comfortable yet being on the road with cars and not being familiar with riding gilbert yet so we took mary and bob out. we stopped at the farmers market and the library before we jumped on bart and bought the YUMMIEST samosas at the market!!

the ride was really great but since the trail cuts through neighborhoods we had to stop and start again every mile or so which got kinda of annoying but it was such a great workout that i woudl totally go again. a nice 20 something mile on a BEAUTIFUL day is sublime! also the scenery was so pretty , all the trees changing colors and the air smelled so sweet and fresh from it raining the day before. we had a great time...although i have come to the conclusion that i am terribly out of shape! so i gotta crack that whip and feel the burn! here are some pictures of our ride...check out my funky outfit! i loved riding around in it!!!

taking a break to eat some pb&j

at one of the many stops...waiting for the light to turn green

a little sweaty after the long ride :

i hope you all have a fantastic weekend! we are off up north to hang out with our little niece who is turning two and then it is craft time on sunday for me!!


xo,
cb

chirping???

happy weekend everyone!!! the mister took this video and sent it to me at the end of my work day yesterday and it totally brightened up my rather annoying and LONG day. i was cracking up,  she is being so strange! not sure exactly what she is doing here...the mister said she was chasing a fly but she has some strange hunting tactics....chirping it to death or using her dolphin sonar....enjoy!


weather is super amazing so might go lay in the sun and get some kitty supplies and then back home. we werw going to fix  urusla but for lack of better word...the bike shops here are SHITTY!  and urusla's tire is a strange size and none carry them so we have to special order it...bummer! so i am cleaning up mary!

cheers to a great weekend! will be back monday to share with you my weekend crafts and some jewlery! i am super psyched to keep checking things off my 4 simple goals craft list!

oh and THANKS for all the wonderful comments! they always brighten up my day!


xo,
cb