Bicycles and New Smyrna BEach April 21, 2009

My main mode of transportation is a bicycle. It is amazing how good you feel outdoors, peddling, soaking up sunshine.

Living in New Smyrna Beach I am blessed with the opportunity to live the lifestyle I desire. Outdoors in natural in a culture that appreciates the simple side of life. It is a real community full of all the positives and negatives of a small town with a 1 degree of separation. Everyone knows someone that you know.

I appreciate the fact that NSB desires to “Keep the Charm” part of that charm is young or old (and I have not quite figured out what that number is here) people are outdoors, visiting with friends and neighbors, attending festivals, planning events that gather big crowds in a small place, and laugh.

A friend of mine recently reflected that NSB operates like a family in the truest sense. Caring and disfunctional, but always there and part of you. People watching is not a pastime here it is a sport. Siitng on the porch at Flagler Tavern http://www.myspace.com/flaglertavern, or the Coffeehouse on Flagler Ave. you can watch beach goers and locals enjoying life. http://www.myspace.com/partyonflagler

Orginal and authentic Mahoney’s Oyster Bar is one of only 8 steam kettle restaurants left in the United States. Jim (the owner) is true to his commitment for quality and community.

147 Canal St
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
(386) 424-1312

If you want to experience a great joy join NSB for it annual bike and bar tour, where every year over 300 people bicycle the span of bars in New Smyrna Beach.

 

17th ANNUAL
BIKE AND BAR TOUR 
June 20st, 2009
Starting at  JB’S Fishcamp
Be there at 11:00am we will leave at 11:30
Stops will include but not limited to:
JB’s*Moe’s*Chase’s*
Sea Vista*PJ’s*
Beachside Tavern*Clancy’s*Flagler Tavern*Breakers*Peanuts*
Merk’s (if you dare)
Not necessarily in that order!!
We are adding a new stop- Flip Flops
There is no cost to ride just show up at JB’s or join us along the way.

 

Bicycles

Posted on July 24, 2008
by Jenn A.

Bicycles will save us all!

Aside from pre-ambulatory years, there has not been a year of my life when I have not owned a bicycle, though there have been many years when I have not owned a car. Bicycles are awesome — they are the most energy efficient and dependable form of mechanical transportation I know.

Here are my Top Ten reasons for owning and using a bicycle:

1. Inexpensive to own and maintain (you can even do most repairs yourself)
2. No fossil fuels required!
3. Contributes to increased health.
4. Facilitates a greater knowledge of the world around you – roads, neighborhoods, traffic patterns.
5. Meet people!
6. Find cool stuff on the side of the road (I’ve found lots of cash, tools & books)
7. Parking is much easier!
8. No Traffic! I still have a local time/distance reality distortion because it is so much quicker to get across San Francisco on bike than by car.
9. Cyclists have sexier legs and backsides. Er, pants. Nicer pants.
10. Rescue stray dogs! I have caught and returned many stray dogs from traffic to their homes while on a bike — not so easy to do if you are driving past.

Just do me a favor:

1. ALWAYS wear a helmet – even if it is only for a few blocks.
2. Ride with traffic – none of this riding against traffic down a 1-way because you’re lazy or getting on a sidewalk for two blocks. You *are* traffic – respect the laws.
3. Use signals.
4. Pay attention – don’t count on drivers seeing you or your signals.
5. Wear lights & light clothing at night — and don’t get bent out of shape if people don’t see you. It’s YOUR job, not theirs.
6. Wear a helmet.
7. Wear a helmet.
8. Wear a helmet.
9. Wear a helmet.
10. Wear a helmet.

ANGER Put to USE April 3, 2009

I came across an article that examines the negative and potentially positve parts of anger. Initially when I hear or feel anger, I recoil, after all who would qualify anger as FUN? But then, I read on:

“In the “Nicomachean Ethics,” Aristotle wrote, “The man who is angry at the right things and with the right people, and further, as he ought, when he ought, and as long as he ought, is praised.” Extending this logic into the present day, we would be well suited to cultivate our anger into rational tangible change, at both the micro and macro levels. Instead of lambasting our friends and loved ones with fire-tongued invectives, we could approach the anger as propulsion toward change, positive change. This will give us the incentive, not to criticize and belittle, but to put into motion significant advancement in the inter-personal realm. This is anger at work on the micro level, and on the macro level would be something like the Equal Rights movement, the Civil Rights movement, and the Environmental movement, all of which had their roots in outrage as much as concern. Possibly, if we channel our anger appropriately and constructively, we might even be able to fix our ailing economy?”

The key to this working to your advantage froma health perspective is recgonizing that YOU can change what is going on and how you feel. SO, in a nutsell if you feel it…DEAL with it and let it go.

TWO great quotes:

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools. ~Albert Einstein

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~Buddha