Monthly Archives: April 2009

Commute to Work Like Danny

Bag Biography Contest

Share Your Bag Biography.
Win a New Companion (and Fame and Fortune).
In May 2009, Timbuk2 is turning 20 (sound of kazoos!). To celebrate 20 years of Timbuk2 companionship, we’re collecting bag biographies – images and stories – that we’ll share with our community. The most compelling (or terrifying) five bag biographies will earn free custom Timbuk2 [...]

The Simple Dollar Tour of le Messenger Bag

Trent of thesimpledollar.com did a tour of our laptop messenger today. Trent is all about, “simple ways to manage our finances.” Thank God.
He rocks a Hemp/PET Laptop Messenger and according to Trent, it gets the job done. We’re stoked our Laptop Messenger is joining Trent on his frugal world domination tour. Read about life-inside-Trent’s-bag [...]

Spring, Come Back Please

Spring arrived on Monday (see “sunny” sunrise below), but it’s Thursday and Spring is already gone. Thought I’d post this photo in honor of Spring. Come back!

Kitty Cat Cargo Tote

Bailey Hillyard loves his mom’s new Cargo Tote as much as she does:

Sophisticated Cycling

The New York Times has featured several articles on fashion and cycling of late. Today it’s an aspirational piece about biking in Amsterdam, “where riding a bicycle to work in a suit and tie is as notable an act as drinking a cup of coffee, there is no bike culture — all culture includes the [...]

Panel Project Party at T2’s retail store this friday 4/17…

We love a party.
We love bags.
We love letting you make your bag (minus the sewing work).
We make all our bags out of fabric panels..and to make it more fun, we want to let you paint, stencil, bedazzle, doodle or D.I.Y. your own panel.
If you’re not crafty, we can help you out with a few artists [...]

recycle your trash into art. we did.

hayes valley store here:) we were thinking about earth day coming up. so, we thought about it and decided to dump one days worth of recycling out onto the floor and we made into art. we made 26 feet of trash in one day. and we spread it across our ceiling. we made a chandelier. [...]

F*ck the Recession

Our Hayes Valley retail store Goddess, Kelly, is so crafty it’s not fair. On Wednesday night, she threw a F*ck the Recession party with Broke Ass Stuart at Rickshaw. The night featured real-live hipsters playing Pin the Mustache on the Hipster, robot costumes, Macaroni headbands and free beer. Pulling these fine things together has earned [...]

Disgruntled Whacking Paddler

Please be advised that whacking pepperoni sticks with above whacking paddle may result in paddle injuries, read warning below:
To Whom it May Concern:
I am a student from Oregon currently overseas in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.  I recently purchased your classic messenger bag along with the Strap Pad Grip and am very very pleased.  I’ve liked [...]