Getting the Word Out in Creative Ways

Today is stunning, bright, clear, and breezy, a perfect day for day two of the Long Beach Bike Festival & Grand Prix. I'm heading over later to check out the action and to hopefully see the Bikestation fashion show. The festival and race are to help raise awareness of the city's goal "to make Long Beach the most bike friendly in the nation"

We've got a long way to go, it's a pretty big city (over 50 square miles) and a lot of it is very un-bike friendly, but I'm very optimisitic. It looks like the city has put together a dynamic public/private partnership (called Bike Long Beach) to get things moving in the right direction, and we have popular local cycling professional Tony Cruz as our spokesperson.

I'm very happy with my new Wine & Hospitality Network Blog posted today, "Are You Still Using a Buggy Whip Instead of Harnessing the Internet." Lots of great links, I promise, and I hope it'll get some creative juices flowing.

While pondering what to eat this weekend you owe it to yourself to check out Susan Dopart's new nutrition blog. I am so proud of her for getting it going. What I love about Susan (besides the fact that she's a very dear friend) is that she always gives such useful, sound, well researched and practical advice.  I always walk away from our conversations having an, "aha moment." If you've been looking for more reasons to stay away from processed foods look no farther than today's blog.