The sweater and bag were her mother's. Of her time in Toulouse, France, she remembers, "It's a very good bicycle city for community and infrastructure." VélÔToulouse bike sharing introduced her to commuting on two wheels.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Street Scene: Ponce de Leon Avenue
The sweater and bag were her mother's. Of her time in Toulouse, France, she remembers, "It's a very good bicycle city for community and infrastructure." VélÔToulouse bike sharing introduced her to commuting on two wheels.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
On Marietta Boulevard, Act II
Benchmark Wine Group and Crown & Caliber drew a stylish crowd to the new men's shop, Tweeds. Guests were invited to sample a 2010 Château Rol Valentin from Saint-Émilion amid an enviable selection of vintage watches. Horologists were more than happy to test mechanical movements and mine scored well, making 19,800 beats per hour from an amplitude of 356 degrees.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
Roll Model: Marty Mannering
Mannering and Irish Rover at the Iron Column by Phil Proctor on the Eastside Trail
Schmidt and Mannering at the Saint Patrick's Day Parade
Paul Mannering and his father in Piedmont Park
A Sturmey-Archer internal gear hub nut that went missing between Shannon and Hartsfield-Jackson Airports became the link from High Nelly Irish Vintage Bicycles to Houndstooth Road. Limerick entrepreneur Marty Mannering and his son Paul were en route to meet with investors in Atlanta. In their luggage were two Irish Rovers, one a vintage bike they had restored as a prototype and the other a first in production model based upon it. Their web search for a spare led them to Decatur where they found a kindred spirit in Jae Schmidt, whose inventory of European city bikes supplied the small but all important part.
One senses that Marty Mannering never met a stranger. This veteran of RTÉ Dragons’ Den also negotiated the lease for a pioneering segment of the Great Southern Trail and leads e-bike tours of the Irish countryside. Now he was the guest, riding with Schmidt and others from the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition in our Saint Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday. Tuesday he and Paul joined the Decatur group of Georgia Rides to the Capitol. Their return itinerary became an impromptu tour of Sweet Auburn, the Eastside BeltLine Trail and Piedmont Park led by another Roll Model, Amber Raley.
Back home, Mannering looks forward to the May 30 release of Jimmy’s Hall, a film set in the 1930’s for which his restoration business provided a fleet of HighNelly bicycles. Such traditional Irish bikes were a mainstay of daily life then. As the sole bicycle manufacturer in Ireland today, he draws from a proud heritage while looking to a future of renewable resources.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
In Decatur: First Day Of Spring
dress: Calvin Klein
Sitting in the bikeshop called Houndstooth Road, I spied her pattern passing by. Way to celebrate the vernal equinox!
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