Monthly Archives: September 2008

Get Sum Dim Sum Ride #9 (with an Italian twist)

Comrades to your Bikes! Looking for a relaxed weekend ride enjoying the best of the Eastside of Los Angeles as well as a delicious brunch?  Join the Flying Pigeon bicycle shop for our weekly Get Sum Dim Sum ride at 10AM this coming Sunday, October 5th as we explore the east side of Los Angeles […]

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90042 Blog Covers Pigeon Landing

When we opened our doors back in August, the 90042 Blog was all over it, with a report “The Pigeons Have Landed“. Waltarrrr, the blog’s author, wrote a better description of our shop than we ever could have! Click on through to read more of what he wrote.

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Dim Sum Ride Blog Insanity!

We got picked up on several local foodie blogs this week, and our phone has been ringing off the hook (it’s a cell phone actually, but you get the idea). We’re famous! Well, only a little bit – but more than we were at the beginning of the week. We got picked up by Eating L.A., Food GPS, and EaterLA.

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Get Sum Dim Sum Ride #8

Our eigth dim sum ride is taking place this coming Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 10 a.m. Meet us in front of our shop, located at 5711 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90042. We roll at 10:30 a.m.

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Get Sum Dim Sum Ride #6 – Report!

My brother and I have ridden our respective chil’ren to and from our delicious dim sum stops on these rides, but this is the first time we’ve been joined by two elementary school aged kids. We rode like a pack of happy dolphins through the quiet streets of South Pasadena – it was so much fun!

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Get Sum Dim Sum Ride #7

Flying Pigeon LA is hosting the Get Sum Dim Sum Ride again this Sunday, September 21, 2008. This is our seventh outing, and we’re hoping to keep the good vibes flowing. This week we’re going to head back to King Hua in Alhambra after having some great food last Sunday. Buy a bike and your brunch is on us!

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Park[ing] Day LA 2008

Flying Pigeon LA is taking place in this year’s Park[ing] Day LA, because we believe in a better use of the public right-of-way in Los Angeles (especially Highland Park). We also like hanging out with our neighbors, talking plants, politics, and scoping out everyone making their way up and down the calle.

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LA’s BEST Auctions Flying Pigeon

This past Friday, September 12, 2008, one of Flying Pigeon LA’s stylish and practical bicycles was auctioned off to support LA’s BEST. LA’s BEST provides a wide array of services for thousands of school children in the City of L.A. They also throw a great party …

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Get Sum Dim Sum Ride #6

Join us this coming Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 10 a.m. for a mellow ride from our bike shop to some awesome dim sum (and back again). This week we’re heading to King Hua in Alhambra. The LA Weekly’s Jonathan Gold wrote a review of King Hua back in June of this year. After some of our own “research” we’re convinced that this place rocks.

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Get Sim Dim Sum Ride #5

Join us this coming Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 10 a.m. for a mellow ride from our bike shop to some awesome dim sum (and back again). Meet us at our shop, located at 5711 N. Figueroa, Los Angeles, CA 90042 (adjacent to the Highland Park Gold Line stop on the Metro). Make sure to bring some cash to pay for the dim sum ($15 ought to do it) and look forward to some good times with some good food. Buy a bike and your brunch is on us!

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