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This prolific performer has appeared Many balked when actress (and recently anointed can offer a great sound bite on following your dreams, but on programs ranging from “Arrested Development” to clothing designer) Lindsay Lohan suggested that she would there is no guarantee that they will deliver their very personal “Girlfriends.” He is also one of the stars of Tyler Perry’s Why be pursuing a career as a sober living coach for individuals secrets to success. D-DAY Campus Circle > Blogs > D-Day started back in 2002 by bike messenger Jimmy Lizama in the wrenching greasy Los Angeles Eco-Village. With co-founder Ben Guzman, the handlebars in place. A TASTE OF kitchen moved to its present location in 2005. This was the lore My neighbor handed down to me in a phone conversation with fellow cook working on her bike Ma Bell, who at her core just loves bikes. was traveler Ryan BIKE CULTURE “We believe in change from the bottom up,” she says. Lindsey Bartz who The Kitchen’s mantra, besides believing the bike to be both needed some work by deNiSe gUerra fun and accessible, is to “foster healthy urban communities on her pedals. and to provide a welcoming space to learn about building, She explains, This is noT a Bike sTore. The Bicycle kiTchen maintaining and riding bicycles.” There are occasional “The people I met is a movement using education as its founding force. I workshops such as “Basic Wrenching” and “Intro to Wheel are amazing, and remember walking into the small shop located on the corner building,” and on Monday nights they provide services you just want to of Heliotrope Drive and Melrose Avenue and being greeted specifically for women and transgendered only. come back more. by two guys wearing aprons. Inside were bikes and tools like I came in on a cold Tuesday night to start on my Project They’re very en– Kelly Martin wrenches and tires and cabinets filled with spare bike parts like Bike. I first had to choose from their selection, a slew of old couraging and help handlebars and brakes. Up on the ceiling hung used bikes and incomplete bikes needing a touch of love and oil. The cooks me learn what I was bicycle Kitchen cook Jonah a. Schwartz bike frames – the basic bicycle skeleton when you strip down helped me choose a step-through frame that wouldn’t hurt doing, and when I the wheels, seats and handlebars.