Maddy, I'm not sure what is stylish when bike ridding? Is there a style for bikes? Hon, your descriptions of your trips tires me out just reading about what you do. After airing up the tires and checking the bike over yesterday, I got my exercise. I rode two miles down the highway and two back after checking the gas in the moped to make sure it had enough to make the long distance trip. Only concession to the long trip, I traded my cowgirl hat for a helmet. Is it stylish to leave a ponytail out or should I pack my hair up under the helmet like the motorcycle girls do in the movies. Darn they look cute letting all that hair fall out when they take off the full face helmet. Wonder if it has the same effect on a moped rather than a muscle belch fire motorcycle ozzing testosterone?
Hugs Maddy, stay safe girl. Drivers have NOOO respect for two wheels out on their highways. We are invisible to them even wearing florescent green or orange vests and lights flashing all over our bikes. Wonder if I add a red blue flashing emergency light on top my helmet?????
Barb
Life is a gift, treasure it.

I'm not saying do this every time but think about it. Get our picture taken and our fifteen minutes of fame all over the world. Isn't that what Andy Worhol said? Everyone should have fifteen minutes of fame? Probably have it all wrong? Oh well, who cares, once in a blue moon it's good to let the creative juices flow. Been wearing a bikini while working in the yard and the garden this summer and have some great bikini lines even if this body no longer looks that great. I did it under doctor's orders so I have an excuse. She told me to get more sun back in January. I just waited to follow her prescription.
Hugs Nellie, poke at life once in awhile. It's too darn short to take it seriously.
Bab

Asche, are people not allowed to have an opinion of what is right or wrong with styles? You post a double negative. "to criticize a woman's preference for jeans, slacks, etc, is to compound the sexism she suffered" Women have "always" looked at other women and judged, looks, hair, attire a lot more critically then men. I dare say 99.9 percent of the men do not look at women to see if she's wearing Jimmy Chou or Walmart. I look at the misfits and wonder what she was thinking when she left the house. Looking at the one's who have it all together, I study them to figure out what it is makes her so outstanding among the herd. Not surprisingly it's always the total picture. Even in jeans and blouse she managed to complete a "wish I was her" look most of us aspire to. I remember them, sometimes forever. The girl in the Dairy Queen, every single black hair on her beautiful head was in place, she was stunningly beautiful. That was .... years ago. My daughter told me about the girl she saw in Walmart, a dress with a full circle skirt and an hourglass figure to die for. She had the attention of everyone around her. I think my daughter spent an hour on the phone describing her that night.

Yes, women critique women and to a lesser extent men on their bodies and their attire. It's a female thing, some more than others. Especially if we spent a lifetime studying what makes an exceptionally beautiful woman, uncomoningly beautiful. It isn't just the facial features, the hair style, the breasts, the legs, or the figure. It is the total package and some come in a better package than others whether they were born into it or work to achieve it.
Hugs Asche
Barb
Life is a gift, don't waste it.
As one gets older it's harder to hold onto that figure. I admire those who do even more now. I'm like Paton, fighting the battle of the bulge, only I'm losing the battle. Life is so unfair.