Work off your Thanksgiving meal and come ride with the Flying Pigeon crew this Sunday as we roll down to the historic, and always thriving, Philippe’s Diner in Chinatown.
For those of you that haven’t ever been, it is a Los Angeles restaurant sure to delight. From the old school jars of pickled eggs, to the sawdust on the floor Philippe’s even has a room in the back where the local model train club meets. Check out their webpage for some cool photo’s and stories. http://www.philippes.com/
We’ll be meeting at our shop located at 5711 North Figueroa, Los Angeles, CA 90042 at 10AM, leaving at 10:30 for a leisurely ride to Philippe’s. Once there we’ll wait in line for our double dipped, lamb sandwiches, 9 cent coffee and fresh apple pie. Those of us on a diet will probably just cut straight to the pie! Bring about 10 -15 dollars per person to cover your lunch and $1.25 for the train ride back if you enjoy a little too much pie and prefer to see the uphill ride from a Metro train’s seats.
As always, we have demonstration bikes to loan (for free) and would love to have you and your positive energy along for a great time. Buy your bike from us and we’ll buy your lunch!
If you are planning on coming, please either leave a quick comment here or call us up on the shop phone at 213-909-8986.
Urth Caffé is an organic coffee company with its own brand of premium organic coffee and teas.
This week, we’re cruising to an incredibly good coffee house that just opened up in Downtown LA: Urth Caffe. Urth Caffe is located at 451 S. Hewitt St., Los Angeles, CA 90013. We might end up just having a good gawking session, as the place is likely to be swarming with celebrities and reporters. In either case, we’re going to be riding in style and comfort on the world’s most popular bicycles: the Flying Pigeon!
Delicious puffy, crunchy, chewy, savory meat balls - dim sum at it's finest.
Flying Pigeon LA is hosting the Get Sum Dim Sum Ride again this Sunday, November 9, 2008. This week, we’re heading out to the 626 area code to get some dim sum at King Hua in Alhambra - which is where we were planning on going in last Sunday, but got rained out!
Check out the Google Video of the Great Measure R Debate above.
Wow! What an evening!
Thanks to everyone who showed up, especially our two speakers: Hank Fung (Yes on R) from the Southern California Transit Advocates and Randall “BusTard” Fleming (No on R) from The Bus Bench. A special thank you to DJ Chicken Leather for recording the entire event! DJ Chicken Leather and Black Woman Sidekick can be found on Saturdays from 6 to 8 pm on KillRadio.org broadcasting their show “Talk Is Still Cheap”.
The Great Measure R Debate was a resounding success. Two very bright speakers battled it out for our votes on a 1/2 cent sales tax increase for the MTA on this November. After watching these two gentlemen square off on this issue, I have a feeling voters will be able to make more informed decision after watching this 58 minute long debate.
Delicious puffy, crunchy, chewy, savory meat balls - dim sum at it's finest.
Flying Pigeon LA is hosting the Get Sum Dim Sum Ride again this Sunday, November 2, 2008. This week, we’re heading out to the 626 area code to get some dim sum at King Hua in Alhambra.
We at Flying Pigeon LA believe that a free society is made stronger by an ol’ fashioned debate (and bicycles too!), so we’re hosting one in our shop to help voters decide whether Measure R is worth the 1/2 cent sales tax increase. After the debate, we’ll be screening a funny and touching movie from China called “Please Vote For Me” about a classroom election in a Chinese elementary school (communists teaching kids about democracy = awesome!).
The Great Measure R Sales Tax Debate and Movie Screening will take place on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 7 p.m. at the Flying Pigeon LA bike shop located at 5711 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90042. Read More »
[UPDATE December 10, 2008: The original discount has been reduced further still! So sad. Now it is down to a measly 8%. Fret not! If you are contributing member to KCRW in Santa Monica we'll cut you a 10% in-store (or online) discount.]
[UPDATE November 11, 2008: The original discount has been reduced, but is still in effect! The discount has been reduced from 30% to 25%! Take note! TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OFF (not 30%). We believe this is still one heck of a deal.]
A friend of ours (a little birdy you might say) mentioned that eBay is offering an amazing deal right now with a 30% discount for any purchase made on their site with a “Buy It Now” auction that is paid for with Paypal services.
Noting the limitations (max discount per item is $200, must pay with Paypal, etc) we immediately thought that this was something our customers could really take advantage of!
Guerilla Garden in front of Flying Pigeon LA's bicycle shop.
A gigantic tree in front of the Flying Pigeon LA shop died a while ago, and the City finally sent a crew to cut it down. The crew came in the middle of the night, and when they were done the tree was gone (to match a stump twenty yards up the block) and an insulting “LADOT” cone as nailed into the top of the remaining stump.
A small crew of Guerilla Gardeners showed up and planted some small flowering plants around the stump, and planted their flag (two small logos on sticks, really) in the fresh potting oil they laid down. Read More »
Flying Pigeon LA is hosting the Get Sum Dim Sum Ride again this Sunday, October 26, 2008. This week, we’re doing a victory lap of sorts by returning to the first dim sum house we visited oh so many weeks ago: Empress Pavillion in Chinatown.
[Update 10/24/08: We have reserved all of our loaner bikes for this Sunday's ride! It looks like this is going to be one of our largest rides yet! If you're bringing your own bike, you're still welcome to join us. ]
If you’ve been on one of our rides, you’ll understand the article’s byline:
“Mountain trails, shmountain trails. Why expend energy peddling up and down dirt hills when you can hop on your bike and cruise to a nearby dim sum palace instead? ”
-Sumyi Khong, Flying Pigeon’s ‘Get Sum Dim Sum’ Weekly Bike Ride
