I've given up thinking about the weather in Atlanta. 6 days ago, snow put the city to an, almost, stand-still. Today, wow - 67 degrees and limited cloud cover. It would be worth obsessing about today, if not for the perfect day yesterday.
The last few weeks I've made a concerted effort to put in at least 30 miles a day, despite the weather and traffic, convinced that I may very well be the only one outside the city that feels the need to pedal. Seems weather is really only the deciding factor in who chooses to brave the worst (maybe) drivers in the nation. I haven't seen this many people on bicycles since California (or, to be fair, the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition's ride through downtown.) Better to say the most people on bicycle this far removed from Downtown. I even had someone scream across the street about my lack of helmet - wow.
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The spirit of volunteerism was in FULL force yesterday. The Beltline Assoc.'s very own Angle Luis Poventud helped organize what I referred to the other day - Beltline Public Art Party. My alarm decided not to go off as expected yesterday morning, so I missed it (really lame excuse, as I had planned all week to take it in...) There are a ton of photos laying here and there online - suffice it to say that a large, well organized group of volunteers painted some 200+ signs over the better part of about 8 hours. Nice way to spend a Saturday.
I also realized yesterday that I may well be the only person on the planet paying for blog space. Ever since the "glory" days of Atlantabmx.com, I've been paying for web-space for no other reason other than it went completely under my radar. Well, no more. Someone, surprisingly enough, snagged thebananaking.blogspot.com, so I've had to go with a hybrid version. And, actually, the format offered by blogger.com seems to mirror almost exactly that of wordpress, so seems good.
Super amazing weekend.
j
