3 posts tagged “style”
Recent blogposts on my "Other" blog:
Changes If you haven't noticed, I've changed the title of da blog. Since I won't be in Paris this fall, but at My U in DFW (not bitter, not bitter, not bitter), I thought that it would be appropriate... I'll keep the same name of the Vox blog--the original one--and work around the idea of "Paris" while not being there. (8.19.09)
Skirting the Bike First, I love the skort. It's shorts, it's a skirt... it's a skort. (8.18.09)
Favorite Things: Family Style This album by Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my favorite's of the SRV canon. I fell in love with his music just before he died, when I was in grad school (for the last time), but didn't come across this album until much later, when I was gathering up all the studio and live work I could. (8.14.09)
David Byrne on biking If biking wasn't cool enough (environment, freedom, wind in your face, etc.) David Byrne has published The Bicycle Diaries, his personal observations on biking. (8.13.09)
Review: Split Pea Soup Cafe Tuesday night I ate at this new branch of an El Paso-based chain. I had read about it in Daily Candy Dallas, where I get a number of good tips about new places to eat. (8.13.09)
Dreams One good result of this summer is that I am dreaming again. (8.11.09)
Pearl
Now that I am a proud bike owner-rider, I have been scouting bike-friendly information.
A CUP OF JO: NYCity Bike Types
GWADZILLA: D.C. guy who rides bikes and writes philosophy about riding bikes....
ECOVELO: I love this blog for its style as well as its commitment to green living.
VELIBE: Paris's system of rent your own bikes, available all over town for short term rentals.
FAT CYCLIST: Funny guy, interesting blog.
COPENHAGEN CYCLE CHIC: Wonderful pictures, and not all "spandex" stuff, for riders lite like me.
NEW YORK TIMES: Urban cycling and the gender gap.
CHANGE YOUR LIFE. RIDE A BIKE: A great blog about people across the country riding bikes for lots of reasons.
BIKE SKIRT: Girls and bikes.
SHE RIDES A BIKE: Flagstaff, Arizona woman writes about biking and style. My kind of blog.
Pearl
Last spring I bought a set of Envirosax polyester reusable sacks to replace the stained, dirty, crumpled assortment of free sacks I had gotten from various vendors and sources. In part, I was irritated and embarrassed by how messy my old bags were, and in part I was motivated to find sacks that carried enough groceries--to service a REAL grocery Sunday, in other words. I also wanted something I could take on my trip to Oxford and Paris that would work as extra bags for shopping, groceries, and whatever I needed on the trip.
I bought this set of five bags:
It has been a godsend. First, all five bags come rolled and snapped together in a carrier pouch which will fit in any purse... and I can still re-roll them and fit them in that pouch (not always what happens, let's be honest!). Each of these lightweight bags carries the equivalent of two plastic shopping bags (and three if the bags are only semi-full). They do not tear under lots of weight, the openings are big enough for odd-shaped and awkward items to fit inside, and the armholes are big enough to rest them on your shoulder. What more can I say?
They have not faded or stained, and the patterns are graphically gorgeous. They look great (ok, I'm vain) and remain looking great. I am not so crazy about the wavy line one (in part because looking at it too long makes me feel dizzy) but all four of the others are striking.
They come in other colors and styles, from subdued to brights, and are available on several places on the 'net. The price is a little crazy, especially when there are so many free bags (like the collection I amassed), at $30-some. But they look to last forever and I have yet to wash them. Rain doesn't soak them (like canvas) and they do not shred.
I know I sound like one of those TV scream-and-shout salespeople but honestly, there are so many things about these bags that fit my ideal of what reusable shopping bags should be--except free, but hey!--tha's why they are among my favorite things.
Pearl
