Today marks the debut of a new column on bicycling in Lakeland. Author Tammy Wright starts with a little background… I grew up in the Seventies on the outskirts of a very small North Carolina town. Living in a neighborhood without sidewalks meant bike riding was limited to the back yard and a small quiet [...]
In case you haven’t been inside Bent’s Cycling and Fitness in a couple of weeks, the owner took advantage of being closed during the recent Fourth of July holiday to do some sprucing up in the store. The discolored plexiglass windows in front were replaced, which makes a huge difference as you drive by. Inside, they [...]
I don’t consider myself a klutz by nature, but I have my moments. And when I do, well, let me just tell you: they are LEGENDARY. And VIEWED BY MANY. While riding bikes with my husband Saturday afternoon, I had one of my moments. At Lake Hollingsworth. Where, like, 75,368 people walk, jog, skate, drive, etc. [...]
So I think I might be developing a problem. There were several days in early 2007 where it seemed like everywhere I went, I found money on the ground. I decided to keep track of my findings, just as a curiosity thing. When 2008 rolled around, it only made sense to start a new list [...]
I stumbled upon some interesting information today. Mid-Florida Federal Credit Union now offers “Bike-Thru Banking.” In a nutshell, you can ride your bike through the drive-thru now, instead of parking and walking inside. This is an amazing victory for me, even though I doubt that I had anything to do with the addition of this new service. [...]
Ginger came over yesterday to see the two puppies I’m fostering and- after a great deal of ridicule and calling her a pansy- to go for a bike ride. I don’t know why she puts up a fuss. She’s in much better shape and I am. We headed to downtown Lakeland for our first stop- The [...]
I was reading Chuck’s blog, Lakeland Local, this morning and saw a link to Alan Snel’s blog, where he recently wrote about being harrassed by a Polk County driver while riding his bike in Tampa. And no, my headline is not referring to either of these two guys. Read on. I’m also linking to Alan’s blog [...]
Today was a beautiful Saturday, so my husband and I got the bikes out and went for a long ride.We hit our usual destination- Downtown Lakeland. The normal Saturday farmer’s market was going on and today was the Veteran’s Day parade. I’m glad we went to that, because not nearly enough people did. I wish [...]
I jumped on the bike this afternoon to run my errands. I blogged earlier this week about the insane gas prices, and if I had any second thoughts about running errands on my bike, they were sucked into my fuel tank yesterday along with the $47.03 I spent to fill up the VW. I paid [...]
Bio: Bio: Virgina born, Carolina raised, I'm a small town Southern girl with a case of wanderlust. Current obsessions include triathlon training, world travel, cooking, street style fashion blogs, and keeping up with my yellow lab, Buck. By day, I am a chemical engineer turned traveling sales rep for a large corporation. My job has taken me to many parts of the world and brought me to Florida in 2007. I decided to settle into Lakeland in 2008 and I've been in love with this city ever since then.