2012 has been an interesting year...Leslie got a new job and is now working for BC Transplant as an Organ Donation Coordinator and Organ Donation Specialist.
Cheryl continues to do well in her police career and we got engaged. Wedding will be next August 2013. More info please read below.
Cheryl and I met in 1997 in Bellingham, Washington. We kept in touch over the year via the internet plus flying back and forth. Before we both knew it I moved all the way across the country to a new country no less in march 1998 and been here ever since. I, meaning Leslie grew up in New York on Long Island where her family still remains except my brother.
Went to College in upstate NY and grad school back on Long Island where I got my Masters Degree in Social Work. In 1999 I started working as an Intensive Care Unit Social Worker at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, BC and loved my job after all those years.
Cheryl grew up in the lower mainland of BC and many of her family members are here as well. Beautiful place to grow up and go to school. Throughout Cheryl's teenage years and adulthood she worked for her mother's family business. However, at the ripe old age of 35 she decided to embark upon a career in law enforcement which she has been enjoying for over 5 years. Cheryl has found a passion within the Police force working with kids in schools.
We have been together as partner's for 15 years and after Cheryl graduated Depot (Police Training) we both got motorcycles and our licenses. I grew up on bikes and Cheryl always wanted to learn to ride. Learning was easy for Cheryl and getting back on a bike for me just made sense. Cheryl thinks I am obsessed with bikes but to be honest once she is on the road I can't stop her.
Cheryl loves video games, I love wild life, Cheryl dreams about white sandy tropical beaches, I dream about seeing the polar bears in Hudson Bay, Manitoba.
Opposites attract and we both share a passion for adventure motorcycle touring. We learned this after buying our first 2010 BMW F650GS bikes. We travel well together making sure we are both taking care of ourselves. Cheryl is the brains, mechanic, navigator and packer, I am the organizer/planner.
Cheryl is the quiet one, I am the loud New Yorker. Cheryl loves video games, I love live web cams featuring Bald Eagles, Falcons, osprey's and Owls. In the end it seems to work.
Wouldn’t sell any gear for me. I thought riding gear was all about protection not “Look how good I look in my leathers”. And not even even a single clip of her actually riding the bike. Looks like she is selling something other than gear.
She looks as though she is indeed selling sex…I am mean I am not against sexual appeal in advertising but this “model” looks rather desperate for something other than a good motorcycle ride LOL
Sexy? Kinda, but she looks like she never rode a bike before.
How many size zero’s do you know that ride?
Average sized women who ride bikes are sexy!
size zero or anorexic?
I must be shallow sign me up! its a bit of fun,hmm may be why I’m still single
lol
Because of this ad I will never buy anything made by Alpinestars!!!
oh but they make such great ADV boots…the Scouts!
I am the father of three girls, so I am against anything that promotes seeing women as mere available flesh. On the other hand, Alpinestars is trying to reap benefits from the current trend that dictates that good looks alone is what defines a person’s worth. Then, it makes sense that the girl is just showing that using that kind of leathers is not impossible to sit on a bike and operate its controls, while looking good approaching and leaving the motorcycle and that, dear grrls, is the main goal of many women that ride pillion and quite a group of female riders. Also, leathers are appropriate for road racers, not for adventure riders (search Dr. Frazier’s comments regarding the clothing he wears while riding. He has circled the globe five times, so he knows a thing or two about this subject), so this alone makes Alpine’s advertisement out-of-place in this blog, not to mention that our gracious hostess always shows here that women are much more than simple eye-candy. Keep up the good work, grrls.
great comment and never saw ourselves as gracious hosts but thanks! I am all for riding in any gear and for whatever reason…but I am also about being smart, protected and practical.
It’s such a typical Italian ad from an Italian company, what surprised me somewhat is that it’s being broadcast by Alpinestars USA…
Without having looked into the product further (I just don’t do skin-tight leather and ankle-snapping heels very well) what I get from the ad is that they’re appealing to a very focused demographic to advertise what I presume is a new line of gear favouring the destination over the actual protection during the ride.
At least it’s somewhat functional with an easy-access, full-length venting system to air out after sweating in skin-tight leather under the 36°C Napoli sun…
The product doesn’t appeal to me but then again I’m not a 20–30 year old, single, slightly malnourished woman on the cadge…
“At least it’s somewhat functional with an easy-access, full-length venting system to air out after sweating in skin-tight leather under the 36°C Napoli sun…
The product doesn’t appeal to me but then again I’m not a 20–30 year old, single, slightly malnourished woman on the cadge…”
LOVE this quote!
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