Parady Boatwright is the organizer for the second annual Tweed Ride.

Why you should know her: Boatwright normally rides 60-100 miles a week, though not usually in woven fabric. Last year Boatwright and her boyfriend founded the Des Moines Tweed Ride after reading about The Tweed Run, a longtime ride in London.

My favorite tweed item is: A Harris tweed newsboy cap.

_____ is my favorite trail to ride: The Great Western Trail heading to the Cumming Tap.

For a riding playlist I like to listen to: Mylene Farmer, Sade, Swedish House Mafia and Chopin.

If I could go anywhere for dinner tonight, I would pick: La Grand Monarque. It was a beautiful restaurant near Chartres where my adoptive parents used to take me for big occasions when I lived in France. But now it’s a Best Western.

After this, I’d like to see a _____ ride: Seersucker.

When it’s too cold to bike I stay active by: Running at the gym and playing tennis on the Wii.

I don’t ride without: Chapstick.

Other than riding, I keep busy by: Developing plans on small ideas and wild projects, teaching French and finding a hiding place at Half Price Books to read for hours.

Something people might not expect about me is: I grew up on a farm in a hamlet in the French countryside. At age eight I qualified to go pro for ballet in Paris. I am of Cambodian-Chinese descent, but don’t speak any Asian languages.

_____ is the celebrity who looks best in tweed: Sean Connery in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”