In the latest issue of Harper's Bazaar, Madonna recounts, among other things, some terrifying experiences as a 20-year-old native of Rochester, Michigan living in New York.
OK, I'll admit it: She's one of my heroines. If I could have been born female, I would want to be like her. Whatever you think of her singing, her "material girl" persona, love life or study of the Kabalah, you have to say this for her: She follows the beat of her own drummer. She's daring and, at times, courageous in ways I never could have been.
Anyway, I also know she's done some cycling over the years. Here she is preparing for a ride in Malibu in 1989:
And, more recently--this past August, in fact--she was seen pedaling with her adopted daughter on la Cote d'Azur:
Somehow it doesn't surprise me. After all, she and I are the same age, and we both come from similar milieux. I continued to ride my bike as my peers abandoned theirs the day they got their drivers' licenses. And she was, well, Madonna. Neither of us could help but to be who we are; both of us ride bicycles.
OK, I'll admit it: She's one of my heroines. If I could have been born female, I would want to be like her. Whatever you think of her singing, her "material girl" persona, love life or study of the Kabalah, you have to say this for her: She follows the beat of her own drummer. She's daring and, at times, courageous in ways I never could have been.
Anyway, I also know she's done some cycling over the years. Here she is preparing for a ride in Malibu in 1989:
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| From About.com |
And, more recently--this past August, in fact--she was seen pedaling with her adopted daughter on la Cote d'Azur:
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| From the Daily Mail |
Somehow it doesn't surprise me. After all, she and I are the same age, and we both come from similar milieux. I continued to ride my bike as my peers abandoned theirs the day they got their drivers' licenses. And she was, well, Madonna. Neither of us could help but to be who we are; both of us ride bicycles.
