Pointless prize: Quaxapalooza

[CBGanimal]

Snowing in Madrid is a sight for most Madrileños! But fresh bread is a must!

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[Mtansill]

The Bagel Place in College Park.

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[HokieBeth]

Local chocolate store, see my bike in the reflection

Fleurie chocolates in Alexandria
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[komorebi]

My first week of quaxing has yielded:

• a biscuit from Bayou Bakery
• fish tacos from District Taco
• a jigsaw puzzle from Labyrinth Games
• a biscuit from Junction Bakery & Bistro
• a donut from Good Company Doughnuts
• a kouign-amann from Abyssinia Market
• a scone from Bread & Water Company
• innumerable weird looks from passersby while I try to get a selfie with me, my bike, my purchase, and the store sign all in the frame

I can’t wait to see what next week brings. I do most of my riding in the mornings before work these days, but eventually I’m going to run out of coffee/breakfast places to hit. Guess I’ll just have to start sneaking out for lunchtime rides.

[Mtansill]

A weekly visit to another good College Park hang-out – the Board and Brew (don’t be disturbed by my sloshing of the drink). They, too, are really struggling with a business model that involves sitting around for hours and playing board games – relying heavily on the local, now virtual, student population. We still mask up and eat outdoors and distanced here on Fridays for breakfast.

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[consularrider]

I didn’t hashtag last night’s possible Quax stop, it might be too big? Appalachian Brewing has six brew pubs in five different towns.

[HokieBeth]

Burgers & Fries from Holy Cow in Del Ray

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[rumipumi]

I love the idea of listing all our small biz quaxes!!

1/1: All Purpose: Pizza and Ginger Beer
1/2: Maryland Meadworks: Lava Lamp (hot spiced cider + Mead!)
1/3: Proteus Brews: ginger tumeric tea latte
1/4: Class 250: hot mango tea with boba
1/5:
1/6: Vigilante, College Park: warm chocolate chip cookie
1/7: The Bagel Place: day old everything bagels
1/8: board & brew: macha latte and breakfast sammich
1/9: Firehook in Alexandria
1/10 Vigilante Hyattsville
1/11 YES! Organic Market

[rumipumi]

@consularrider 204534 wrote:

I didn’t hashtag last night’s possible Quax stop, it might be too big? Appalachian Brewing has six brew pubs in five different towns.

You need to include the hashtag #BAFS2021SmallBiz so that the leaderboard can count your ride.

I am not rigorously auditing “small biz”. Every restaurant, brewpub, etc. right now is struggling to stay open, and keep staff employed. You spending money there is absolutely what this contest is about, so go and tag it

Scoring is by # of individual quax rides to distinct small bizzes, mileage is only used as tiebreaker. https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/BAFS2021SmallBiz. (My quaxing doesnt count since its my contest)

[Catedrew]

#BAFS2021SmallBiz Ruthie’s All Day

OK, not sure if I got this right, and I didn’t realize I needed a selfie WITH the bike WITH a product, etc. I’ve got the trike outside the restaurant, and the lovely food we got (at the socially distant outdoor dining with patio heaters) – will that be enough?

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[rumipumi]

@Catedrew 204676 wrote:

#BAFS2021SmallBiz Ruthie’s All Day

OK, not sure if I got this right, and I didn’t realize I needed a selfie WITH the bike WITH a product, etc. I’ve got the trike outside the restaurant, and the lovely food we got (at the socially distant outdoor dining with patio heaters) – will that be enough?

I’m so happy that people are doing what they can to support so many local small businesses. seriously. I’m not gonna disqualify anyone for anything really. The “mask wearing selfie outside the biz with your purchase and your bike” thing was really just to emphasize that people should try to be safe (i.e I didn’t want pictures of people congregating indoors unmasked anywhere!). But really any sort of picture outside the place, and more importantly the hashtag #BAFS2021SmallBiz to ensure it gets tracked on the leaderboard is all I could ask for.

[JoM]

Firehook coffee and chocolate croissant… not so great at taking selfies, but Rumi was with me, so she knows this is legit.

[HokieBeth]

Lunch from Market2Market in Del Ray — yummy sandwiches and an eclectic selection of beers and wine.

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[Mtansill]

The quiche was perfect (as was the company!) at Firehook Bakery in Alexandria today.

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[Mtansill]

A stop at the Hyattsville Vigilante yielded… nuts!

Not a coffee drinker, but the acai bowl was delicious!
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