Needing more flair

"I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people." - Edith Sitwell

This quote doesn't describe me, a middle-of-the-pack kind of girl. I think it totally describes this fantastically untraditional guy that Matt and I saw for the second time today. I'd like to be more like that guy, showing a little flair in my everyday life.

We rode our fat bikes (totally not needed on the pretty dry pavement) to the Stone Arch Bridge this a.m. and met my friend Steve to take part in the filming of a lot of people cycling over the bridge. [The film clip will be shown at the Winter Cycling Congress meeting in the Netherlands next month. The guy who organized the shoot is vying for the meeting to be held in Minneapolis next year.]

It's good it was a warm, dry day and that there were plenty of free donuts and coffee; the drone with the camera didn't arrive for quite some time, so there was a lot of standing around and bike talk.

While talking to a guy with a shark helmet cover, I saw an older guy wearing a skirt and purple Chuck Taylors. I looked at Matt, who instantaneously confirmed that this guy is the same guy we saw in May, rollerskating on the Greenway, wearing a gold mini dress, a red belt, and red tights, with his full beard and long, grey hair.

I love his style.