By Andrea Menzies
I got a new CD from Amazon for the Halloween party at my mom’s house.
Category: Park Meetup News
-
50 Years Rocky
By Andrea Menzies
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Rocky Horror Picture Show being played on Halloween. Fun fact, when I lived in New Orleans I was both Columbia and Magenta in two different productions of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at Loyola University New Orleans and the Prytania theater near campus. They wanted me to do more shows, but I was a university student with oceans of homework so I lacked the free time for that activity. I will always love how many fun friends I met doing a fun and campy Halloween show with many school friends. Fortunately there are a few places near my mom’s house in Virginia showing the Rocky Horror, and so I can still go there a bit. My review is it is a great show at any venue.
Columbia, Frankfurter, and Magenta in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. 
The NPR article on the 50th anniversary. -
Double Pumpkin
By Andrea Menzies
My daughter and I painted Halloween pumpkins this week. I was teaching at schools doing pumpkin crafts, and it reminded me it was time to do our own. My pumpkin has the pointy eyes on the right. We like to use paint and markers as it takes longer to spoil.
Left Alexandria’s pumpkin, right my pumpkin. 
-
Thanks For Wishes
By Andrea Menzies
Thank you Internet friends for wishing me a happy birthday. It is bittersweet in that I don’t get to see all the long distance friends I miss so much very often. I am happy to see them wish me a happy birthday, but unhappy that it reminds me I can’t visit them more frequently. It does remind me that I used to be far more socially active, and that I will go to nearby towns to make many new friends soon for events this month. I am a single woman that very much hates having no man to date. Halloween is a great time to meet people at events in towns not in Virginia at all.
- Note by far my favorite birthday gift was the Garmin 935 fitness watch and fitness band. Oh so inspirational for biking fun.
-
My Birthday
By Andrea Menzies
Today is my birthday, and my watch became a cake picture! Thanks in advance for the birthday well wishes!
-
Event Over
By Andrea Menzies
The online cycling event is done thanks for the help from the other bikes. I made it to 7 miles and a top rank. To participate in a Garmin event log an activity. Then go to the event link on the phone app. There are three dots in the upper right of the corner press link activity to participate. I used to love the step counter Fitbit, but after Google bought it it went to the pits. Garmin in contrast has step counters with GPS, and my review is it is better for cycling. I have made the switch to Garmin now for the new badges and fun groups with online races.
-
Bike Daniels
By Andrea Menzies
Join me on the free to use Garmin app for the virtual event Bike Daniels Park. You do not need to be in the park to participate.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/event/7304c110-0fcd-486e-b28f-0e6b93f6cedd
-
Summer Kindle
By Andrea Menzies
Summer has rekindled my love for Geocaching scavenger hunt games. Some good new ones are out, so add me to friends with the codes below. I used to love the Wizards Unite game, but it has gone kaput. I am now on Geocaching, Poedaughterz on Mythwalker, Poedaughter7 on Magic Streets, and Pokemon Go at Poedaughter7.
Poedaughterz at the official Geocaching. 
Mythwalker is that code. 
Magic Streets is that code.
Can’t go wrong with the classics I am still on Pokemon Go above. -
Level 2
By Andrea Menzies
Woo hoo I made it to level 2 in the F&F bike fitness challenge on the free Sunny Fitness app this week. It is an epic bike riding summer for me.
Frozen History 7 Publishing Book Review Podcast 