NEW BEDFORD, MA – On Saturday, 12/19 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, join the New Bedford Starchasers for an electric light parade around Buttonwood Park! This year, OPERATION TOUR DE TACKY is part holiday light show and part toy drive for families-in-need. We’re teaming-up with the South Coast LGBTQ+ Network to collect toys and spread holiday cheer during a time when it’s needed most. Win a prize for best “ugly” holiday sweater or tackiest bike decorations! MORE

Seventeen showed for this mild December Sunday morning bike ride. We gathered at the Buzzards Bay Coalition headquarters and set out to visit some of the local murals, two bakeries, a zoo and a bodega. Our first stop was also the first surprise. We pulled up to the jazz mural, a block from the Coalition building, and low an behold, a four piece jazz band greeted us.

The group stopped briefly at many more murals before our first bakery stop. Then on to the zoo, a bodega for the best empanadas evah, and on to our final bakery stop in downtown New Bedford, Ma.

45 F and overcast with a stiff breeze. In other words….A good day for a bike ride.