DOGE fired all the people who make contingency plans

Mad respect for Cabo Verde. And also mad respect for whoever braided the CV players hair. Spectacular work all around.

Led by Amber's Expressions, in collaboration with Dope Focus Art, this immersive workshop invites teens to explore the connection between emotion, self-care, and creativity through expressive painting. Registration is recommended for updates, but space will be first come, first served. Link below.

Who says no one gets groceries by bike? This was at the Bradlee Safeway the other evening.

Woo hoo!!

I really love this location for festivals!!! Pride today was great!

No one at the pool but us tonight!!

The Ecuador-Germany match is the first one where I have seen the referees wear colors that are so similar to one of the teams.

Please support the Alexandria Brief with a paid subscription. Ryan does an amazing job reporting on our local topics!

School may be out for summer but we kicked off a summer bike club that the kids get to help lead. Here’s a kid leader running through BAC and 2V2 checks before we rolled out to Brenman Park. Did you see us out? BOLO for this crew riding to all sorts of kid-led fun this summer! DM to join!

Important signs in Toronto

Please note the best of the West End in the left photo and my swag in the right.

I love my son. I love him so much that I drove 2 1/2 hours to a soccer field in farm land for him to play on a week night. He better get 90 minutes.

One of the coolest things about bike buses is watching how parents, seeing all the positives of biking to school for their kids, start riding (or riding more) themselves. Me. I’m talking about me. But I’m not alone on this.

Love this!!!

For its 250th birthday, The United States requests you refrain from sending gifts and instead make a donation to Planned Parenthood.

Azzi Fudd.

Y’all, as a soccer spectator, I am outfitted in both my raincoat and rain pants on this marvelous Memorial Day weekend. And it’s a tourney, so I come back tomorrow. And maybe Monday.

I have spent the past 2 weeks and will spend the next 2 doing BITS at Minnie. Most kids know how to ride but we are teaching skills. We have taught 3 students how to ride. One of them loved the wind coming down the hill. Another wants to buy a bike because cars are expensive. Kids will ride!!!!

Tabling with Mike who is an amazing mentor at the Boys and Girls Club. Happy BTWD!!

In cities, building is continuous We can build for cars or we can build for people To save democracy, we need to center people I don't vote for politicians who support cars over people Ever Build for people: betterbraddock.org Read more: grassrootsalexandria.org/our-children...

Come visit me, BPAC, and Alexandria Spokeswoman at Carlyle! BPAC will also be at Town Hall and Del Ray in the morning and at APTA off the Potomac Yard trail in the afternoon.

I went on a whim and I am so glad I did. A powerful moment honoring Sandy, women’s suffrage, women leaders, esp. the amazing ones on our Council.

Come out and say hi to BPAC's table at the Del Ray Farmers Market! #bikeva #alx Take my Better Braddock Rd Quiz for a prize @elenah.bsky.social @nradshaw.bsky.social

It's wild that one side of a political debate is like "Hey how about we make the world safer", and the other side is like "but where will my servants park", and that there's even a question. Is it always like this? Is this worse or better than other local disagreements?

Families at Naomi Brooks, Mt Vernon Community School, and Patrick Henry Elementary showed up for Bike to School Day Riding together helped reduce emissions and traffic. Small actions, big impact for Alexandria. #ecocityalx #lexandriavagov #biketoschool

If you know a young person, age is 14 to 18, please encourage them to come to my next Mayoral Youth Forum, which is taking place on Saturday, May 9th! This month we are talking about health disparities and community inequities.

My map of our off campus ride numbered with challenging spots especially the 0.2 mile section on Braddock where drivers passed us only to be pushed back into us. Sent off with 5 pages of comments to council.

This is what makes a place vibrant and liveable and connected. The mural is painted on the soccer field side not just the Duke St side. Maybe even the trains passing through can catch a glimpse.

@oconnell.bsky.social You did this. The youth are playing pickleball. All hours of the night.

Things I learned at the Polk/Patrick Henry fun run! Yoga classes starting now or soon on Duke. A parent from Polk set up this great sensory tent for kids to have space.

Burning bay leaves with wishes.

Today, one of my bike buddy volunteers from the Old Town area supported BITS at the George Mason swing space. They had “never been to a gym on the third floor” which is FT Day’s reality. And he had never seen a playground space in a parking garage.

Good morning from Holmes Run!

Pop-up poster party! Come by to Gustave’s now until 5:30 to make posters or write postcards for Braddock Road Safety Improvements.

April 24 Bike Bus with the Naomi Brooks zoo. #BikeBus

Shoutout to @nradshaw.bsky.social and the Biking in the Schools crew for leading successful off-campus rides this week! Thank you for helping ACPS students build lifelong skills while spreading joy and growing confidence along the way. 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♀️

Today, I led 4 off-campus rides from Jeff-Houston on bike paths, lanes, and sharrows. By far, the most dangerous place were the two blocks between Commonwealth and West on Braddock. A car passed us - a line of 15 neon yellow and orange clad kids- only to discover construction equipment parked…

Virginia First Gentleman Adam Spanberger clipped into his pedals at the front of the pack Friday morning and rolled through Rosemont alongside dozens of Alexandria families — the biggest turnout the Brooks Bike Bus has ever seen.

Had a blast riding with the best party on wheels, the Brooks Bike Bus, @ibikedhere1.bsky.social, many other volunteers and Adam Spanberger, VA's first First Gentleman! #bikebus #alx #va #bicycle

Please be gentle with yourself and others whenever you can be. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org

One of my most galvanizing experiences as a young reporter was going with @beyer.house.gov to meet an undocumented family in Arlington. To be honest, I was privileged and stupid enough that immigration issues weren’t really at the top of my mind, but that changed it-

OR, if you want to hear what the Deputy Fire Chief, who runs EMS and actually assessed this thinks, his assessment is here, in the Traffic and Parking Board Docket! www.alexandriava.gov/sites/defaul...

Today, I taught a young Afghani girl to ride a bike. I talked with some Afghani boys who speak Dari about Tik Tok, AI, and alphabets. I evaluated 10 bikes for repairs. And now, I am headed to a yoga retreat in Canada!

We really are through the looking glass when the mode of transportation that requires you to purchase a vehicle that costs tens of thousands of dollars, routinely put gas in it, and pay to maintain it, is the “non-privileged” mode.

We got neighbors over here workin in some of the east end’s favorite spots. To get to work, most take bus, some take scooters or bikeshare, especially if there are bus delays or they trying to make their bus.

We are straight up tired of people in this town that refuse to see our people needing safe ways to walk, bike, scooter - especially our brown, Black, and Afghan neighbors who we keep getting told only drive and … we live here, we know who drive and who don’t.

When a street - ANY street - is unsafe, this is what the neighbors least likely to have a yard for a sign or show up to a meeting are dealing with. Traffic safety failures hurt those of us already most burdened with living on the edge.

Really feeling my French literature experience of Ionesco recently. “C’est pas par la! C’est par ici!” Over and over again.

His and hers.