Bike in a Box

After what felt like an eternity of rain, the sky finally let up and allowed for one last good ride. Brad Choi, my sister's roommate, and I cycled through Colonialtown on Sunday to get to the Cady Way trail, which is a smooth ride that heads toward Winter Park, FL. We started out at 9:20 a.m., so it goes without saying that we didn't beat the heat. This ride confirmed that it's always more fun to ride with others rather than alone. Most of the ride the weather was probably high 80s to low 90s.

This trail definitely beat out the West Orange Trail just because it's so much closer to my house and requires minimal driving to get to it. Although, driving is required nonetheless. Biking from home would mean driving on 50, which would mean impending death. Rt 50 is one of the most dangerous roads in the country and several people die crossing it each year. It's kind of like the ugly strip mall road of Florida.

Anyway, I was very happy to get one last good ride in before dropping off my bike at David's World Cycle to be boxed up. This makes my move feel very real. The next time I'll ride my bike is in Washington, D.C., hopefully on Tuesday. About 95% of everything I own is boxed up ready for departing Florida on Saturday. I don't know when or how I accumulated so much stuff, but I really hope it all fits in that Uhaul...and my apartment for that matter.

My parents are having a little get together for my college graduation Thursday. The food will be catered by my mom's cafe: Roho Art and Coffee (rohoartandcoffee.com), a.k.a. yummy Cuban food. The dessert, however, was in my hands. Therefore, it's cookies in several forms all requiring orange and blue icing. Of course there's a standard cookie cake with a big mortar board from Publix (a.k.a the best supermarket in the world that will be missed when in DC) and individual cookies from Cookie Cousins (www.thecookiecousins.com).

Yes, you guessed it- individual BICYCLE COOKIES in Gator colors. This is possibly the dorkiest thing ever, and I cannot wait! I'm planning on taping info about my bike ride to the little sweet treats. Yum!!!

I actually learned about The Cookie Cousins, a local Orlando cookie designer, when I went to a Cystic Fibrosis luncheon fundraiser with my mom a few weeks ago. They had Lily Pulitzer dress cookies because it was a luncheon/fashion show. I figured if you can make a Lily dress, sure enough you can make a bicycle out of dough. Too bad I can't fund my own fashion show to raise money- that would be awesome.