Etsy Finds: Bike Spinning Wheel
I just saw this wonderful spinning wheel — using a bike wheel! — by ford4him. My family has a sheep farm, and I once sheared a sheep, spun the wool (it was smelly), and knit a hat. Within a few days, I had lost it. Even though I miss that hat to this day, I think back on that time I spent sitting at a spinning wheel with fondness …
Etsy Finds: Ride your Bike
Reading about National Bike to Work Day (it's today!) got me wondering what bicycle-themed items Etsy had to offer these days. Father's Day is fast approaching and I need to find some bike nerd gear for my baby daddy. I'm posting this extra early this morning so you all have to time to pull your bike out of the …
National Bike to Work Day: May 16, 2008
Here in New York we've been having an unfortunate spring, as the past few weeks have brought us some yucky rain and surprisingly chilly temperatures. Note the discarded, busted umbrellas in the wind tunnel near the Etsy Labs:However, we're closing in on the outdoor season and the bikes are getting pulled …
Portland Custom Bike Culture
Bike culture in Portland is maybe the awesomest in the country! (Care to debate? Let it be known in the comments below!)We found this video on Youtube about a custom bike exhibit at the Portland airport and we were really excited to learn about Sweetpea Bikes, one of the only two female-run custom bike shops …
Etsy Finds: Where Birds and Bikes Collide
In my secret side life, I fancy myself something of an ornithologist. I spend many a nerdy hour sweatily poring over beautiful old Audubon books and peeping at the pigeons in my square of Brooklyn backyard. Another secret pastime of mine is biking. Most mornings, I pedal off on long rides to Prospect Park to …
Spring Biking
There's nothing quite like getting the ol' bike out after a long winter's rest. I know that mine is currently sitting with a flat tire in the deserted hallway of my building, despondent at being so useless for many months. (Yes, my bike has a personality.) However, I'm going to fix her up, and get out there to enjoy the …
Etsy Finds: Transportation Alternatives
Yes! It's another bike-related Etsy Find! But this Earth Day, if you will permit me I would like to be serious for a moment. Every Tuesday morning in my neighborhood (Alphabet City, in Manhattan), a few dozen of my neighbors ritually wake up early, get in their cars, relocate them ten feet to the right, and sit there …
Handmade Weddings: A Last-Minute Article about My Last-Minute Wedding
One last real wedding to sneak into the Handmade Wedding Series! We were married last September in Virginia but procrastinated almost everything until maybe a month beforehand. Together we were working about 10,000 hours a week at Etsy and I was wearily navigating my way through the first trimester of …
Bikes for All!
I once read a quote (I don't remember where, sadly) that summed up my feelings on the nature of bikes. It went something along the lines of, "The most precious gift you can give a friend is the freedom that comes with riding a bicycle. It's one of life's small pleasures that everyone should be afforded." Pretty …
