Immigrants Heritage Pointless Prize

[Serdar]

Immigrants Heritage Pointless Prize recognizes immigrants’ remarkable achievements and contributions in the United State’s development because the US has always been a nation of immigrants.

Ride for at least two miles to find any sign of immigrants’ heritage. Your findings can be art pieces, restaurants, bakeries, or other services run by immigrants. Take a photo of your bicycle (or part of it) in front of your finding, and post on your Strava feed with the hashtag #ImHer. Posting on the forum is optional, but I will highly appreciate a brief post with a story and photo of that place for the educational purposes of other forum members.

Prizes:

I will award three cyclists who make the most #ImHer submissions. The first-place prize is one of the books by Isabel Allende – a writer who immigrated to Spain from Chile. The second-place prize is merchandise from Abyssinia Market & Coffee House. Stay tuned for a third-place prize. And keep submitting your discoveries. I am happy to use them as ideas for prizes.

Leaderboard(s):

You can see the leaderboard here. But this leaderboard with extra points will have an upper hand at the end of this pointless yet meaningful competition. If there’s a tie, the tiebreaker will be who rode the most miles for this prize. Ride on!

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[camiller]

Mazadar Restaurant in Lee Plaza in Fairfax serves Mediterranean cuisines from Afghanistan, Iran and India. The food is very good. We’ve met the owner who comes around to check on you at your table.

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[Serdar]

@camiller 212468 wrote:

Saravana Palace is a vegetarian Indian restaurant in Lee Plaza in Fairfax.

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Wait! Where is your bike in the photo? Ah, I see reflections of you and your bike in the glass door.

[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

Indian restaurant in my ‘hood. They serve a wide variety of foods and are known especially for their Hyderabadi haleem.
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[Boomer Cycles]

Every neighborhood has at least one: a Chinese “carry out” Restaurant

Where else would Americans get dinner “carry out” on holidays, especially Christmas [emoji319]?!!!!

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[camiller]

@Serdar 212575 wrote:

Wait! Where is your bike in the photo? Ah, I see reflections of you and your bike in the glass door.

HaHa!! Good eye!!! I planned it that way to see how observant you were. (I actually forgot and thought I was going to have to go back and capture that restaurant again.)

[komorebi]

Today’s photo hunt theme is “cone,” so I decided to make it a two-fer and stop by one of my favorite local gelato shops, Casa Rosada. The owners are from Argentina and serve Argentinian-style gelato. They’re also super-nice and now recognize me whenever I stop by (which is often). The store is closed for the winter, but I’ll be back after they reopen in March. Read more about the family at http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/jul/30/cold-treats-summer-heat/.

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[camiller]

I read about this restaurant in my “Nextdoor” feed this morning. Since I was going to be in that area today, I figured I would check them out. They serve chicken with Latin American or Mediterranean seasonings. It has a lot of good reviews. I’ll have to check this out for dinner some time. It is located in the Turnpike Shopping Center on Pickett Road in Fairfax.

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

Kalye Manila is a family-owned and run Filipino grocery store that also provides shipping services to the Philippines and low cost calling packages and money transfers. They’re located at 626 Grant St in Herndon.
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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

This looks like a good destination for a ride once they open up again!

[Serdar]

@komorebi 212651 wrote:

Today’s photo hunt theme is “cone,” so I decided to make it a two-fer and stop by one of my favorite local gelato shops, Casa Rosada. The owners are from Argentina and serve Argentinian-style gelato. They’re also super-nice and now recognize me whenever I stop by (which is often). The store is closed for the winter, but I’ll be back after they reopen in March. Read more about the family at http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/jul/30/cold-treats-summer-heat/.

Wow! I will make sure to try their gelato (and support their business!) this coming March.

[Serdar]

@Boomer2U 212605 wrote:

Every neighborhood has at least one: a Chinese “carry out” Restaurant

Where else would Americans get dinner “carry out” on holidays, especially Christmas [emoji319]?!!!!

Oh, I know. Chinese restaurants are one of the few places open on Christmas.

[Serdar]

Do you want to earn two points? Ride and find this place! A hint: this destination is two pointless prizes in one.
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[CBGanimal]

1/7/2022 An Egyptian owned carpet store in San Fernando, Spain

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[Gina]

@Serdar 212734 wrote:

Do you want to earn two points? Ride and find this place! A hint: this destination is two pointless prizes in one.
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Abyssinia! I stopped by this afternoon for an americano and an almond croissant.

[lordofthemark]

@Gina 212762 wrote:

Abyssinia! I stopped by this afternoon for an americano and an almond croissant.

One of our favorite places, and handy to Jones Point.

[Author]

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