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Kendra
@kendratoysaround.bsky.social
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📍 Bay Area, CA
I like nouns--people, places, things, and ideas. Here to share about bikes, dogs, health, faith, and other things I find interesting / important / funny
https://linktr.ee/ktoy
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kendratoysaround.bsky.social
Halloween 2025 🎃
Photo of a small pumpkin painted like Derpy Tiger from Kpop Demon Hunters. There is a small succulent in a pot next to the pumpkin; it is tipped over on its side Photo of three friends in costumes holding their painted pumpkins. On the left is a woman with glasses wearing a purple shirt with the M&M “m” on it; her pumpkin is a cute lavender vampire. In the middle is a man with glasses dressed up like SpongeBob, with a white shirt, red tie, khaki pants, and a Kristy Krab hat; his pumpkin is a white Japanese snow fairy bird. On the right is a woman (me) wearing a green dress with white markings like a bikeway with sharrows; her pumpkin is the blue Derpy Tiger from K-pop Demon Hunters. Photo of 3 women and a white dog. On the left is me in my bike lane costume kneeling next to my grandma, who is in a wheelchair and holding the Derpy Tiger painted pumpkin. Behind and off to the side of her is my mom, wearing a grey sweater and holding onto one side of the wheelchair. In front of us all is a white Jindo-mix dog sitting and wearing a pumpkin-and-bats bandana around her neck. A histogram titled “2025 Halloween: Trick-or-Treaters over Time” with Time on the X-axis and # of Trick-or-Treaters on the Y-axis. The chart shows the number of trick-or-treaters peaking around the 8:00-8:09pm window.
November 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
This upcoming Sunday I am participating in a fundraising ride for Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and would greatly appreciate your support. Register to ride, volunteer, donate, or share about this with a friend!

Register, volunteer, or donate: linktr.ee/ktoy
SVBC presents Bike to the Future October 26, 2025 This Sunday I’ll be participating in a bike ride to raise funds for safer streets, particularly El Camino Real, the deadliest corridor in the region from traffic fatalities. Ways You Can Support Join the ride! Share with friends! Volunteer! Donate! Link in bio OR tinyurl.com/ktoybikes
October 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
The #TransitMonth2025 fun continues! We took the ACE train to The Tech Interactive in downtown San Jose, got lunch at San Pedro Square Market, and headed home on Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor. It’s great not having to deal with traffic or parking - biking and transit make the journey part of the fun! 🥳
Photo selfie of two Asian-American women in their thirties sitting inside a train. You can see the train window behind them. The woman on the left (next to the window) is wearing a yellow shirt, and the woman woman on the right (aisle seat) is wearing a grey shirt that has the word BICYCLE on it and has on glasses. They are both smiling. A photo of a woman in a dark-colored T-shirt and white shorts doing tree pose in front of an animated and interactive blue/purple digital backdrop. The digital backdrop has a waterfall that is splitting where the woman is standing. Photo of a woman in a dark-colored graphic tee posing next to a dark orange exhibit entrance. The exhibit entrance says “Ann and John Doerr Present BODY WORLDS DECODED” on the right. On the left, there is a sketch of a human in muscle form (as if there were no skin and it shows just the muscles underneath). The woman is mimicking the same pose as the sketched body: legs in a light lunge form with right leg in front, right arm hanging down, and left hand raised up, and head looking toward the raised hand. Photo selfie of two Asian-American women in their thirties (the same from the first photo in this post) in front of the outside of a museum building which has a decorative banner saying “The Tech Interactive,” “Tickets: thetech.org,” “…garden: an AI-powered immersive exhibit,” and “New Exhibit Now Open.”
September 19, 2025 at 6:40 AM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
Tomorrow is the last day of SJMade’s Little Shops Village outdoor market! The event is very transit-friendly (walking distance from Sunnyvale Transit Center @caltrain.com @vta.org), and there are bike racks too. It’s a fun way to log a ride for #TransitMonth2025 and support local small businesses! 🤩
Promotional flyer/post with cartoon people and animals at an outdoor artist and food/drink market. Background is green. Text reads “SJMade Little Shops Village. A new outdoor artist and maker event designed for comfy curiosity, crafty exploration, finding faves, just having a good day. Located at Cityline Sunnyvale. Free admission. Free parking available. Sep.12 open 4pm to 9pm. Sep.13 open 2pm to 9pm. Presented by Cityline Sunnyvale. Photo of a crowded outdoor market. Booths are along the right side, and there are tall-ish apartment buildings on the left and ahead. Photo of a bowl of handpulled noodles with minced pork and a Chinese donut in a cardboard to-go bowl labeled Liang’s Village, and a plastic to-go cup with a pale orange drink and labeled Nha. The food/drink are on a tiny brown table, on the other side of which there is a short folding chair. A bicycle with a backpack on the rack and helmet hanging from the handlebar is in the background Photo of the inside of a Caltrain car (photo shows the digital screen showing the line and stops, and the door)
September 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
I rode 5 different transit agencies today just going about my day!

- @rideact.bsky.social (not pictured) to get to a medical appointment
- ACE train to get to work
- @caltrain.com to get to an SJ Made festival after work
- @vta.org and @bart.gov to get back home!

Happy #TransitMonth2025 ! 😄
Photo of ACE Train (gray with purple and blue) arriving at the platform. It’s outdoors and cloudy. Photo of the inside of a Caltrain car Photo of the inside of a VTA bus, taken from one of the seats and looking toward the front of the bus Photo of an underground BART station taken from one of the platforms. A train is on the other platform.
September 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
When you and the bestie participate in Dress to Impress on Transit Week, check out the Let’s Glow BART Anime Fest event, and bike for our last-mile connections! ✌🏼🚈🚲 We love @bart.gov, we love bikes, and we love #TransitMonth2025!
Photo of woman in 30s in lavender dress (3/4 sleeves, fit and flare) sitting in a blue seat by the window on a BART train. Her legs are crossed and her hands are folded on her knee. Her nails are painted to match the dress. Photo of woman in 30s wearing a dark blue-ish, sheath-style, dress with lace, sitting on the yellow-green seats on a BART train. She is wearing a canvas bike-to-wherever-day bag across her body, she is reading a book titled Revolutions with a woman on a bicycle on the cover, and her ankles are crossed. There is a colorful flower-patterned grocery tote bike bag at her feet. The two women from the previous photos are in front of a backdrop that says “let’s glow” and that has a cartoon BART train and an anime character on it. The two women are standing behind their bikes. There is a crowd of people behind the backdrop. The setting is an outdoor event. The same two women from the previous photos in a selfie photo on the BART station platform. The woman in the purple dress is taking the photo in the foreground, and the other woman (myself) is in the background, holding her bike and holding up a peace sign with her fingers. There are other people in the background also waiting on the platform.
September 7, 2025 at 5:54 AM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
Biked to pick up my book order and dinner, and ran into @votealexlee.bsky.social and @alfredtwu.com at Alex’s community ice cream “town hall.” Thank you both for the work you do!
Photo of the book Revolutions: How Women Changed the World on Two Wheels by Hannah Ross in the foreground, with my bike and the storefront of Banter Bookshop in the background Photo selfie of me (wearing lavender bicycle helmet) and Alfred Twu (wearing straw-woven hat and name badge) Photo of myself and Alex Lee. We are in the dining area of the ice cream shop Pints of Joy
July 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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bikeeastbay.bsky.social
There's less than a week left of our sliding scale campaign!

Our goal is to have 150 people donate, whether it's $1 or $100 this month. All gifts help us make East Bay streets the best they can be.

We're on our way, but could use help before July 31. Donate at BikeEastBay.org/SlidingScale
A retro looking flyer sharing all the things a Bike East Bay membership powers: Free education classes: Over 920 people brushed up their bike skills, just this year, including dozens who learned to rde a bike for the first time! Free bike valet: We’ve parked more than 800 bikes in 2025, mostly at Oakland Roots & Ballers games Community building: Our monthly group rides and regular social gatherings have been ways to build community. A more bikeable East Bay: For 52 years, we’ve been working to improve your ride. We won bike access on BART at all hours of service, have led campaigns to bring bike access to the Bay Bridge and Richmond San-Rafael Bridge, and more!
July 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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prinzrob.bsky.social
The petition to keep the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail open 24/7 is now fewer than 75 signatures from the 5000-person goal. Check it out & share now so we can meet & exceed that number ahead of the August 7th meeting & vote!

bikeeastbay.org/rsr
Save the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail!
The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail is at risk of weekday closure! Learn more and sign the petition to keep it accessible 24/7.
bikeeastbay.org
July 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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prinzrob.bsky.social
New blog post from @bikeeastbay.bsky.social announcing a final (this time for real) vote on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail coming up August 7, & a report back + video from the grand opening of the new San Ramon Iron Horse Trail bridge.
bikeeastbay.org/rsrfinalvote/
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail FINAL Vote August 7; San Ramon Iron Horse Trail Bridge Now Open - Bike East Bay
Help us save one bike/walk trail bridge, and celebrate the opening of another!
bikeeastbay.org
July 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
Our family and community traditions grow more precious to me every year ♡
Photo of my grandma standing next to me and watching me roll maki sushi. We are both wearing blue Hawaiian-themed aprons and hairnets/coverings. Photo of my grandma, seated in a chair, stuffing an inari wrapper with sushi rice. There is a tray of inari wrappers in front of her, and next to it is a tray of finished inari. She is wearing a white long sleeved shirt with a blue Hawaiian-themed apron and blue hairnet on.
July 22, 2025 at 4:25 AM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
First time in my 10+ years of consistently donating blood/platelets that I passed out 😵‍💫😵

It was post-donation. One moment I was standing, I remarked, “I feel a little dizzy…” and the next thing I knew I woke up on the floor 😅

Staff took great care of me and no issues afterward except fatigue
July 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
Biked and took @bart.gov to meet my family at the county fair today! My favorite fair things: corn, strawberry lemonade, and the quilts 😍 #biketowherever
Photo of the book Bikenomics by Elly Blue (blue cover with bicycle artwork on it) in foreground with my bicycle in the bike parking area of a BART train car Photo of me holding up a roasted ear of corn with bright lights from county fair food booths in the background Photo of me and my family (4 Asian-American women, 1 Asian-American man) in front of a fake cow display that has a sign that says Alameda County Fair. The decorations around the display are red, white, and blue. Photo of a multi-colored and extremely detailed quilt, the design of which looks kind of like looking into a kaleidoscope. The border of the quilt is white polka dots on black fabric.
July 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
Soy yo
A picture from Duolingo with a sentence in Spanish reading, “A ella le encanta montar su bicicleta en el parque” followed by the English translation “She loves riding her bicycle in the park.” At the bottom of the image there’s a cartoon girl wearing purple riding a pink bike with a yellow flag and a white basket.
June 23, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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bikeeastbay.bsky.social
When we say "safe streets," we mean...🧵

We are deeply disturbed by the recent federal deployments and actions in Los Angeles, and the broader targeting of immigrant communities happening across the country. We stand against the violence and suppression happening in our public spaces.
June 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
Timely. At church today the pastor said some Christians use the gospel as a weapon. They may think they’re well-meaning but they’re actually inflicting harm to the people they’re interacting with. When we realize we’ve become this type of Christian we should repent and pray for wisdom and compassion
June 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
Thanks @rideact.bsky.social for getting us to the Burgers and Brews event hosted by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce yesterday! We could’ve carpooled but we didn’t really want to drive or deal with parking…so we didn’t! 😄🚏🚌
Photo selfie of three friends wearing sunglasses in front of a bus stop sign Photo selfie of three friends. Middle person is holding up a burger and fries. There are trees in the background. Photo selfie of three friends inside an ice cream shop with a flight of 4 flavors of ice cream on the table in front of them
June 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
I was going to drive to work today bc I hadn’t prepared my bike stuff since returning from a trip last night, but my car wouldn’t start! After informing my supervisor of the situation, I prepped and rode my bike and got to work only 20 minutes late. Thankful for alternative modes and a safe route!
May 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
Happy BTWD to all who celebrated today! 🚲🎉

Fret not if you missed the free bag today! You can still enter the raffle to win a Rad Power e-bike by making a $35 gift to Bike East Bay @bikeeastbay.bsky.social by May 31st here: bikeeastbay.org/bikemonth/
Photo of me holding up a Bike to Wherever Day canvas tote bag at an Energizer Station hosted by the City of Fremont, Transportation Engineering. The background is the stairs and escalators at a BART station Photo selfie of me and two other women wearing Bike to Wherever Day shirts. Photo of me kicking one leg up for fun and holding up a Bike to Wherever Day canvas tote bag. I am next to a Bike East Bay banner attached to a corral blocking off the street. Bike to Wherever Day activities are happening in the background across the street. Screenshot from the link in the post. It reads: “Win a Rad Power E-Bike. This May, join as a monthly donor or make a $35+ gift, and you’ll be entered to win a Rad Power e-bike.” There is a button to Make a Monthly Gift, and there is a photo of an example of a Rad Power E-Bike below the text.
May 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
Meringue wants some of my agua de pepino 😆
Photo of white jindo mix dog eyeing a glass of agua de pepino in my hand Photo of Jindo mix dog lifting her head up to sniff a glass of agua de pepino
April 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
Fremont friends!

Mobility Commission meeting is tonight at 7pm at the City of Fremont Development Center (39550 Liberty St). There will be a presentation on the ATP draft. Bike Fremont is meeting at 5:30pm for an informal dinner beforehand if you want to hang out before we head to the meeting 😊
March 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
Juxtastat 560 5/5

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March 16, 2025 at 6:38 AM
kendratoysaround.bsky.social
April 3rd! Mark the new date!
bikeeastbay.bsky.social Bike East Bay @bikeeastbay.bsky.social · Mar 14
⚠️ With less than a week's notice, the major RSR vote has been postponed to April 3, per a request from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Caltrans.

Many folks had rearranged their schedules to be their next Thursday-- we apologize for the inconvenience and share the frustration.
Large text reads VOTE DELAYED to preserve access on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. The new date will be April 3, 2025. A photo shows a large group of people riding bikes across the RSR Bike Trail on a foggy day. A few are looking back and smiling.
March 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM