Bespoke City - A night of whimsy celebrating the bicycle!

It's been a long cold winter, but Spring is finally here.  What better way to celebrate then to join the city in a celebration of cycling.  The Bespoke City - Bike Festival is on this Friday the 2nd of October at UNSW  Art & Design (cnr Oxford St & Greens Rd) Paddington.  There is going to be so many cool activities to get involved in, bringing art and the bicycle together.  Check out the full list of events by clicking on the link below.

http://www.veloscape.org

We will be there!  You can join us in making yarn bombs for the Bourke Street Cycleway... Bring in a ready made piece (any size, shape, design) or join us on the night to add something there.  You can crochet, knit something to add.  If you are not that crafty, you can sew a word on or make a suggestion to add or just come and have a chat, a look and share the bike love.

Join us, Facebook event page here:https://www.facebook.com/events/453196291519303/

We look forward to seeing you there.  Check out the links below for more information about this great eventt

https://www.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/unsw-galleries/first-friday-bespoke-city

The Sydney Tweed Picnic 2014

The day was glorious, there could not have been a more perfect day for the Tweed event of Sydney this year.  My co-conspirator Adam and I met lovely dapper peeps at pre-arranged meeting spots and had a very enjoyable ride heading towards our grand meeting location of Centennial Park gates.  Below is a few pics of the Inner West meet-up riding together.

Dedication to Tweed saw Miss Victoria rock up after working night shift just to make a Tweedy appearance in the most perfect bow tie before heading off for some much needed sleep.  

We arrived to find a lovely Tweedy contingent ready and waiting at the gates.

Then it was off to find the perfect picnic location.  A task that requires skill, patience and a bit of backtracking...

And then the set up of blankets, the unveiling of food and the friendly banter of Tweedsters getting together took over.

We handed out a few prizes for best dressed, which was very difficult as everyone looked so dapper and fine.

We were very luck to have Emma and Mindy from Cyclette selecting our Tweed ladies.  They made great choices in the winners, who were very happy with their stylish prizes.  Check out their website for all the dapper attire you can handle.

 Martha won a beautiful Cyclette cape with reflective panels.

And looks gorgeous wearing it.

And a lovely handlebar bag for our other finely-attired Tweedster!

Our most stylish couple of the day were delighted to receive a voucher for the Absinthe Salon in Surry Hills, (always a supporter of Tweedy endeavours) and Adam.

The gents were not forgotten, and received bicycle-related books.  Here are the fine fellows below.

What a lovely group of people we had to enjoy the day with.  It was such a pleasure chatting with everyone and I hope your ride home was just as lovely.

Till next Tweed xx