Posts by Alexandra Waters — Guest Contributor

Alexandra Waters is an artist, organizer, question asker and adventure seeker.  She recently moved from Minneapolis, MN to the Washington D.C. area, where she has become a member of WABAs Women & Bicycles group that aims to advocate for and create community among women cyclists.  She sees blank walls as blank canvas, her bicycle as her home and city maps as leading to treasures unknown.

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  I will continue to ride, bent frame and all

  BicyclingBy Alexandra Waters (Guest Contributor) November 6, 2013 87

  I started biking in DC to become a moving, breathing part of the city. But Monday morning, while in the center bike lane on Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th streets, a driver made an illegal U-turn straight into my bike. I feel compelled to say I was obeying all laws and going the speed limit when I was hit.  I catapulted into the side of her car, was jostled off my bike and…  Keep reading…