Friday Favorites: July 25

July

For a story about beloved Garrison-ite, John Guinan, whose family owned and operated Guinan’s Country Store and Pub for nearly 50 years at the Garrison train station, I spoke with Blake Strasser. She organizes an annual Gettysburg, Pa., to Manhattan biking trip (Sept. 26-28) to support HIV/AIDS care and education center, an event that was near and dear to John Guinan.

Strasser and I had a delightful conversation â€” and afterwards I wondered what she reads when she finally sets her bike aside for some quiet time.

Here is her witty response to my inquiry:

“Finally searched my bookshelf and found some of my favorites!

Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins (Bantam Doubleday, 2003) – the whackiest of his whacky novels. I love,
Love, LOVE the parrot! “People of the world – RELAX!” Smart bird.

“Two books actually, but Sammys House (Hyperion, 2007) and Sammys Hill (Miramax Books, 2005) by Kristen Gore – yep, that Gore. Al Gores daughter. Great books! Kinda an American, D.C .insider,
Bridget Jones.”

Then, she recalled the Tour de France and continued with The Yellow Jersey by Ralph Hurne (Breakaway Books, 1996; Cycle Publishing, 2007). Half romance, half sports novel, about a recently retired cyclist who gets sucked into riding the tour again for many, many reasons. Really great insight into the worlds greatest tour before it became the media spectacle it is now.

Could go on and on, but those are the ones that jumped out at me.

Ride On!”
Wow. What interesting selections. To find out about the September ride to honor John Guinan and others go to www.brakingthecycle.org

This entry was posted on Friday, July 25th, 2008 at 5:10 pm by Barbara Nackman.
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