I wimped out on Bike To Work Day a few Fridays ago. It was rainy, V asked for a ride to school, and I jumped at the excuse to drive. But the Bike To Work booth lady wimped out, too: she emailed the people who had registered to stop at her station (apparently she doesn't know about bcc:ing and apparently there were only three of us registered) to let us know that she hadn't set up at all due to the extreme conditions. Did we want to come by some other time to get our tshirts?

Did I? I am the queen of event tshirts and I told her I'd be riding on Monday, which turned out to be a beautiful day. Especially when she kept giving me stuff: the tshirt, the tote bag, the maps, and the superduper ziparound wallet! I put it to use right away and have wonderful things to say about the Washington Area Bicyclist Association and the Takoma/Langley Crossroads Development Authority. I don't have great things to say about biking on University Blvd so I'll save that for when I'm writing about the non-nifty.