November 6, 2021 by arletelouise - 0 comments

Downtown murals ride

Saturday morning, Cheryl, Cindy, and I rode to W Sacramento, 4th & G Sts, to meet a group of people who will soon be living at Washington Commons Co-housing. They broke ground this month, today’s ride was a celebration of their achievement.

Thank you Anne Geraghty for requesting and organizing this ride.

An unexpected surprise: we were invited to peek inside a not-quite-open-yet street art museum on C St – a space in between.

Isabella gave us a great impromptu tour:

Anne took this picture of the whole group:

Huge thanks to Cindy and Cheryl for coming along on this ride. Their help was invaluable and made all of us safer.

November 5, 2021 by arletelouise - 0 comments

Soccer soccer

Friday evening, Carson. He reacts to the whistle a bit faster than his teammates and goes on the attack.

On the sidelines, Thais, Leo, Sophia, and Avery:

On Saturday afternoon, I got to see Avery play. I’ve had too many Saturday obligations lately and haven’t been able to see him play.

November 5, 2021 by arletelouise - 0 comments

Meet the Artist

Jibe invited local bicycling groups to meet on Friday at noon on the Jackrabbit Trail where it intersects with Arena Blvd. Cindy, Cheryl and I left from our neighborhood. Steven and Rich met us there. A new mural was in its final stages of completion on the backside of the administration buildings of Natomas Unified School District.

Marc from N magazine was there. Below, Jibe staff with the artists. Mellissa/Jibe, Shane Grammer/lead artist, Michelle/Jibe, Becky/Jibe, Kone/assistant artist, Donald Gensler/City of Sacramento-Art in Public Places-Project Manager.

Great talks by Donald Gensler and Shane Grammer. Also check out https://shanegrammer.com/ especially the section about the murals in Paradise after the fire wiped out the town.

We met Gina (neon yellow jacket) on the trail and invited her to join us. I just worked with Gina last week for Project Ride Smart. She’s teaching a class in N Natomas on Saturday and was doing her pre-ride.

Jibe provided a great lunch from Panera. Thanks to Becky and the entire Jibe team. This was a fun event!

November 4, 2021 by arletelouise - 0 comments

SAC

SAC is what I put on my calendar when I get to watch Sophia Avery and Carson when Mom and Dad want to go somewhere – something I encourage of course. This evening Carson wanted to play this game. We read the directions and played by the rules. Carson was so focused, you could see him thinking, we played for 1.5 hours.

Time for rougher play:

November 3, 2021 by arletelouise - 0 comments

Project Ride Smart

The team on Monday: Deanna, Anna, Christy, Charlie, Gina.

A short video before the street ride. We worked with three 5th grade classes each day, Monday and Tuesday. Four classes on Wednesday.

Every blue group rider did a great job. If a coaching tip was shared, they listened.

By the third riding day, we were able to not only complete the designated route and go find some fun. Like riding around the outside edge of the skate park.