Date: Saturday, June 12, 2010

Time: 3:30PM – 8:30PM

Location: Hillwood Museum, Estates and Garden

Image Courtesy: http://seersuckersocial.eventbrite.com/

The Seersucker Social, scheduled for Saturday June 12, is set to offer another delightful, unique and alternative entertainment experience by encouraging folks once again to mount their bicycles in high style. While the fall event called for tweed, seersucker has been selected as the ideal vintage fabric of choice to keep cool for the spring ride. Our event partner Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens will provide a fabulous dreamlike setting for the post-ride social.

A $20.00 event ticket will allow participants access to post-ride activities that include admission to the museum, picnicking, lawn games such as croquet and badminton as well as live music to complement the setting and atmosphere. The mansion and all of the estate gardens will be open for tours and other special activities until 8:30pm.

Small plates of delicious food and springtime treats will be made available to all guests by sponsoring restaurants. Beer, wine and a few specialty retro cocktails will help guests relax and enjoy the spectacular setting.

While the ride is free, attendance and registration for the post-ride lawn party is limited. Online registration is encouraged. A limited number of early registrations will be discounted to $15.00 and will be available through select blogs and ticketing venues.

The ride is free for everyone, but you’ll need to register so you can receive the ride course by email. Also registered riders are eligible for prizes and giveaways! You do need to purchase a ticket for the post-ride social. Ticket holders will receive THREE drink tickets (beer/wine/cocktail/juices), wrist band for event access to all games, treats and entertainment. No tickets will be sold at the door and no additional drink tickets will be sold at the event. (Children aged 10 and under with a paid adult receive free wristbands!)

As with every event, Dandies and Quaintrelles seeks to build a healthy sense of community through retro-forward entertainment concepts infused with style and charitable good will. A percentage of proceeds from the Dandies and Quaintrelles’ post-ride social will benefit a local arts-related and service-oriented nonprofit.

Register for the event!!! http://seersuckersocial.eventbrite.com/

Don’t forget to check out the event’s Facebook page here, which already shows 280 confirmed guests.  Sounds like a lot of people and a ton of fun!! Hurry up and register!

Location:

National Capital Planning Commission

401 9th St NW, 5th Floor

Washington, DC 20004

Date: 9/30/2009 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Hosted By: Coalition for Smarter Growth

RSVP by: September 30, 2009 at 3:00 pm

Bike Culture and Policies in Denmark

The cool factor of the bicycle has come a long way in the U.S., but nowhere is it as mainstream to bike in your suit and tie or your fashionable dress as it is in European cities like Copenhagen. Danish bike culture, often called “cycle chic”, is central to the Danes’ approach to sustainable living, and one of the key factors in their ability to remain energy independent.  This supportive culture combines with supportive transportation infrastructure to make biking the mode of choice for nearly one-third of local trips in Denmark, compared to just 1% of local trips in the United States. What have the Danish done to make biking a national habit?

Join us for a lecture and discussion with Mikael Colville-Andersen with an introduction by Andy Clarke. A film-maker, speaker and writer, Mr. Colville-Andersen has actively branded Copenhagen as the leading bike city in the world. Check out his two blogs: www.copenhagencyclechic.com andwww.copenhagenize.com.

Speakers:
Mikael Colville-Andersen, Copenhagenize.com
Andy Clarke, Executive Director, League of American Bicyclists
Eric Gilliland, Executive Director, WABA
Cheryl Cort, Policy Director, Coalition for Smarter Growth

Event sponsors:
Coalition for Smarter Growth, WABA, and League of American Bicyclists