like glue holding each of us together

I have been sucked into a wormhole of design blogs and heart-ing things on Tumblr and Pinterest. It's an endless loop gluing me to the internet. The problem with these kinds of blogs, as opposed to music blogs, is that when you see something you like it is generally much more difficult to acquire it. It fills my head with ideas about large-scale projects and DIYs and redecorating (and just generally lusting after architecturally amazing places that will never be mine). When I find something I like on a music blog, I can download it or re-stream it a million times until I've been satisfied.

The rest of my free time has been spent trolling Craigslist and realty agency websites, toying with the idea of moving. So far all I've learned is that I probably have a good thing going here, even if sometimes it seems like my apartment wants to fall apart at the seams and my buzzer ringing is going to give me a heartattack one day. If I do stay, I have a lot of plans for how to make this space less cluttered. It unfortunately involves buying some new things (shelves, etc) but that's still cheaper than the painstaking process of moving so I guess I'd come out on top.

I'm less than a week away, though, from (hopefully!) buying a new bike. I really hope something catches my eye at the Jumble this weekend - so many of the images that have burned themselves into my brain this past week have been of bikes and cute things related to them:

[images via: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

bike month: NY cycle chic

In my continued celebration of bike month, today I would like to highlight the network that has arisen of Cycle Chic blogs. Back in 2007, one of the first blogs I was reading daily was called Copenhagen Girls on Bikes, which is now Copenhagen Cycle Chic. It has spawned a network of (permissible) copycats all over the world, including one here in New York.


Introducing New York Cycle Chic from New York Cycle Chic on Vimeo.

Noa only started this chapter of the blog in January, so I'm looking forward to seeing a full summer of shots!

two wheels are better than none

(via design-fetish)

Happy National Bike Month! These reflective bike accessories are so clever, though I suppose the gloves aren't terribly practical now that the weather is warming up.

I'm still bike-less after mine got stolen last year, but I'm thinking I'll get one at the Brooklyn Bike Jumble on May 14th. Choosing a bike is so difficult balancing a desire for a "cute" bike and budgetary restrictions which are increased by the reality (and history!) of theft in this city. It seems so silly to buy an adorable new one when there's such a high chance of it being stolen or stripped for parts. Sigh.