Is summer really over?

While walking back home from dropping off my own bike for a tune-up, I saw this.


It made me want to listen to "Fallen from the Sky" by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova and eat a huge slice of birthday cake.

(great shadow on the sidewalk, too)

Bzzzzz.

I was on my way to find parts for a skeleton outfit this chilly day, and came across this.


It reminded me of my Halloween costume-wish before I came up with my current one (you'll see). A bee.

Greenie

I saw this beauty while on a quest for a vase yesterday.


Love the two shades of green!

Park Sunday

My friend Roxy and I got breakfast sandwiches and ate them in the park 2 weekends ago.


We saw this guy relaxing with his hot pink bike next to him. You can see bits of grass on his shirt, maybe he was napping. Looks like the pinnacle of lazy Sundays (in the stupendous way).

A different sort of bike

I saw this on my way to work this morning, through the grayness of the weather.


Yes, this blog is about bicycles, not moped thingies, but this Vespa was just so shiny. And I loved the yellow circle sticker on the front; everything seemed to fall together perfectly in this scene. So here we go.

Bigger.

I should really stop using the "blog this picture" function on Flickr. It's awesome and convenient, but the bigness and wonderfulness of the bike isn't usually shown as easily. I snapped this one on the way to a late dinner with my boyfriend this weeked; my phone captured it in the darkness surprisingly well.


I can just picture soaring down Brooklyn hills on this bike. It's pretty much perfect for a cool summer night (of which this weekend saw many! Thank you, weather gods).

Sad but pretty

It almost looks like a ghost bike.


I found this "blue spray-painted to white" skeleton of a cruiser this morning. I think I've seen it before, but not here. Strange that it would get moved, in its condition?

There could be nothing better

Isn't this just perfect?


I saw it while walking to meet my best friend for burritos yesterday evening. Even though it gets dark sooo late in NY lately, the light bulb still made it.

no what??

no what??
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

I saw the saddest sign while walking from dinner to Tasti D'Lite this evening. There were two of them on the same fence. It's such a good gate to hook a bike up to, also. I guess that's the owners' point. :\

dark grey & lavender handlebars

dark grey & lavender handlebars
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

I saw this on my way somewhere this morning. What a nice color combination, I don't know if I would have thought of it.

Very nice

Very nice
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

This is my good friend's boyfriend's Bianchi. It's gorgeous. He was cautious of my photographing it; he mentioned that putting exact street corners down for lovely bikes might make it easy for them to be stolen (he noticed another beautiful Bianchi on this blog and mentioned that another fan (a creepy one) could have easily scouted that area to find it).

So, good point. I won't be posting locations of bikes anymore. This photo may or may not have been taken in Queens. Or SoHo. You'll never know! Thanks for the tip, sir.

pretty.

pretty.
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

I went on a long walk with my friend Roxy last Sunday... this was right outside SoundFix, which was our final destination. My favorite part is the white seat with the seafoam body. so pretty.

right inside the front door of Naked.

right inside the front door of Naked.
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

This is the second beautiful and mysterious bike I have seen in my office. It's a Peugeot. gorgeous.

Beautiful Bianchi

11/17/2007
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

I saw this gorgeous bike in Brooklyn over the weekend. Tonight I saw another amazing Bianchi and forgot to take a photo... I like the stripey stickers they have on them. Every one I have seen has been so shiny also.

Lorimer St & Nassau, Greenpoint Brooklyn

orange!

orange!
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

This bike was very, very bright. Greene Street between Prince and Spring in SoHo, NYC. The bike is not there this morning (I saw it yesterday afternoon); in its place right now are Pat Field, Lucy Liu and the rest of the cast /crew of Cashmere Mafia, filming.

v.nice

v.nice
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

What a cute pink and gray bike! I was walking to a diner with my roommate on Sunday evening when I saw this, on N Henry just off of Driggs. My roommate mentioned that it looks like the kinds of bikes people rode in 1990. This was when I found out that she had a bike like this when she was eight.

a bike in Je'Bon

a bike in Je'Bon
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

While I don't particularly love this bike, I thought it was cool to photograph one that was inside. I don't get to do that often. It was in a noodle bar on St. Mark's Place called Je'Bon. See the shrine right in front of it?

SO SAD

SO SAD
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

I saw this on Lorimer Street in Greenpoint, just west of where it intersects Bedford and Nassau (Brooklyn). It's beautiful. And I almost cried.

my bike's twin!

my bike's twin!
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

I was walking home this afternoon and stopped dead in my tracks. This is my exact same bike, but for boys. brand, color, seat, handlebars, everything. aw, if only I had a boy who owned this bike. We would make everyone throw up from our cuteness. This was on N10th and Bedford, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

pretty.

pretty.
Originally uploaded by tokyohanna

I saw this on the corner of W3rd and Thompson while I was waiting for Joshua Rubin at Half Pint in the West Village. It doesn't look like a serious bike (but what does "serious bike" even mean?), but I liked the color. It jumped out at me.