The Lady BIB has two pieces in Slate's special issue on procrastination: "Procrastination Lit" explores great books with lollygagging protagonists, and "It's All in My Head" plumbs the difference between procrastination and writer's block, using Ralph Ellison and Truman Capote as case studies.

Riis Park

NYC Bike month continues in Brooklyn this Saturday, May 17th, with the Coney Island to Riis Park Ride,
and the 5th Annual Sustainable Brooklyn Bike Tour.

 
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As part of Bike Month, tomorrow is all about small wheeled and folding bikes. Also taking place
is the highly recommended Prospect Park Moonlight Ride, which meets up at the Grand Army Plaza
entrance at 9pm.

Small-Wheeled Bike Race
1:00 PM
Bethesda Terrace, Central Park: 72nd Street Transverse overlooking the fountain.

Folds Up Folding Bike Ride
2:00 PM
Start: West 23rd St on the Hudson River Greenway, Manhattan. End/festival: Stuyvesant Cove Park, East 23rd St at the East River, Manhattan. Meet at 1:00 at Bethesda Terrace, Central Park, to cheer on the small-wheeled bike race and ride to Folds Up.

Folds Up Folding Bike Festival
4:00 PM
Stuyvesant Cove Park, East 23rd St at the East River, Manhattan.

 
As part of the city-wide protests against the Sean Bell verdict, Democratic New York City councilmember Charles Barron and Rev. Herbert Daughtry led a march down Atlantic Avenue to Tilary and Flatbush. Several arrests were made when protesters sat down. Barron and Daughtry were also zip-tied and led away by police this afternoon.

More pictures here 

More coverage here 

This sign was snapped from the BQE on the push-bike ride this weekend. 

Pictures of the push-bike journey on Sunday. Note to self: Invest in a more comfy bike seat.