Showing posts with label Guest postings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guest postings. Show all posts

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Guest Posting: Mammary Chronicles: Bearing Breast Tour (Sept 13th, 2014)

THE MAMMARY CHRONICLES: BEARING BREASTS TOUR
A NIGHT OF POETRY AND PROSE and MUSIC DEDICATED TO THE CELEBRATION & PRESERVATION of BREASTS and THE WOMEN who have SURVIVED them.

RAUNDI MOORE-KONDO
& The Yes Mom, DEANNE BROWN
with special guest ANGELA MOORE
 
A Fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Fund- opportunity drawing tickets will be sold for great prizes and a portion of the bar sales will be donated by Bluefoot Bar and Lounge.

Presented by The Wheel Women of San Diego and the Bluefoot Bar and Lounge.
Happy Hour mixer starts at 5 p.m.
Show from 7-8 p.m.

Deanne Brown and Raundi Moore-Kondo weren't born conjoined twins but have long considered having themselves surgically attached at the hip. Until then, they share a dream; a world free of breast cancer and full of rad poetry.

Please RSVP at the WWSD's event page

The Wheel Women of San Diego is an all-women cycling club with the goals of encouraging women to engage in outdoor activities (particularly cycling) and to raise fund for the Breast Cancer Fund.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Guest post: Wheel Women San Diego (formerly LUNA Chix San Diego Cycle) inaugural ride 2014

Hello riders,

We are excited to announce that the San Diego LUNA Chix Cycling Team is now the WHEEL WOMEN OF SAN DIEGO. Our cycling season will start next weekend. We will continue to focus on the beginner women riders, but are also offering longer rides for the intermediate participants. As always, our beginner rides are "no drop,” which means that even the slowest rider does not get left behind. However, we require any rider to have previously ridden at least one 15-mile ride. Team members will lead and sweep the intermediate rides as well, but these are NOT “no drop” rides. We will still be fundraising for the Breast Cancer Fund throughout the season.

Cabrillo Tidepool climb

Here are our offerings for April:

April 13   Inaugural Ride from Moment Cycle/Liberty Station  8:00am. Enjoy the beautiful San Diego Bay on this mostly flat 20-mile, no drop ride out to Shelter Island and Cabrillo Monument. This ride includes some gentle rollers, a climb up to Catalina, and optional hill repeats from the tide pools. **Be sure to bring your "National Parks" card if you have one.

April 19   Ride in the Ranch
 8:00am. Ride with us through beautiful Rancho Santa Fe. Two distances will be offered: a 20-mile no drop ride and a 35-mile ride.
 

April 26   Alpine Challenge Ride start times depend on the distance. Distances are 25, 50, 62, or 100 miles.  You can register at www.alpinechallenge.com

May 10   North County Ride from Del Mar Pearl Izumi: 8:00am.

May 25   Chula Vista Road Ride from REI: 8:00am.

Hope to see you next weekend.

WHEEL WOMEN OF SAN DIEGO

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Creating a Cycling Community for Women in San Diego

 

Support Wheel Women of San Diego the Breast Cancer Foundation. Learn More and Donate.

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Guest post: Ashtabula Hats - Turning Thrift Clothings Into Fabulous Cycling Wears

Ashtabula Hats are cycling caps and beanies made from hand-picked, vintage, designer (or very cool) suits, jackets and sweaters found at my favorite San Diego thrift stores. Here is one of my larger purchases at the Thrift Trader in Pacific Beach. The cashier is laughing as she fills two bags!


I carefully take apart the jacket and save the lining for the racing stripes. All seams are all surged and I have hidden an elastic piece in back to allow for a wide range of head sizes. The brim liners are also made of recycled materials – 16oz plastic containers!  Luckily, I have friends that eat a lot of cottage cheese and yogurt! Depending on the size of the jacket, I can make 2-4 caps. So, every cap is a one-of-a-kind and has its’ own history and I tell as much as I can. Sometimes it’s about the designer, the material/pattern, or even the owner of the jacket. (like the jacket I found 20 year old theater tickets in the pocket!) And, finally, only one cap out of each jacket bears the designer label. 


Fausto and my husband, Tim, work at a bicycle shop in San Diego. I gave Fausto (shown above) the first 4-panel designer label cap because he gave me the idea to make the cycling caps.  All the guys at the shop got my practice caps and really kept me motivated! Btw, Tim’s other girl friend is a Surly Disc Trucker.  He has asked for cycling cap and a matching top-tube cover for it. I guess that will be my next project!
This Bill Blass suit (above) became a couple of caps like this (below),
 
 
The Claiborne suit (under Howie, my supervisor) became the group of caps:


Oh, I also make beanies out of beautiful vintage or thrifted sweaters. Especially cashmere wool, nylon, acrylic/spandex blends from top sweater brands such as Old Navy, Gap and even Oscar de La Renta. I make slouch and fitted beanies for adults and youth.
 

I am an avid cyclist, experienced seamstress and creative thrifter! I put all my hobbies together to make these cycling caps and beanies. Most of my materials are recycled including my price tags and business cards. I cut up and hand-stamp recycled scrapbook paper from thrift stores.  

I also take custom orders. Some folks need a smaller or larger cap. Some folks have a favorite jacket or sweater that doesn’t fit them, but they just don’t want to get rid of it. They just send it to me and I make a hat out of it!  In addition, all sweater and wool scraps are saved, cut and sewn into quilts or other cool things like wallets.

My other passion is helping people who need it. I strongly support the fight against Parkinson’s Disease and I volunteer to help the elderly who want to remain independent in their homes. I donate hats or quilts to raise funds for these and other charities when I can.

Here's the link to my Etsy shop   www.etsy.com/shop/AshtabulaHats

For cycling and upcycling "blogformation", please visit my facebook page at
So, why the name Ashtabula? 
We’ll save that for next time!

Sue McDonnell
Owner/Designer Ashtabula Hats