Athena “Chickie” Ransom, known the world over for her hardcore choppers and handmade custom parts, is giving us a glimpse of her softer side with the launch of her latest accessory.

Highway Harlot ®is a woman’s fragrance that is subtle, yet powerfully romantic, and is made from all natural ingredients. This scent is everything one would expect from Chickie, who believes in keeping her femininity in one hand and her welding torch in the other. “Like a finely tuned machine, this fragrance contains a balanced blend of key ingredients that accentuate ones’ own chemistry and fits with any ensemble, day or evening” she remarked.

“It is the kind of perfume that brings a woman’s sensuality straight from her heart to her handlebars”, says Chelsea Marris of Pompano Beach during the fragrance unveiling at the Galleria Mall in Fort Lauderdale today. Franco DeMarrio of Sunrise also expressed his enthusiasm, “This perfume is pleasant and sexy on my wife, who by the way rides a cool motorcycle!”

Highway Harlot® is an affordable treat for yourself and a great gift idea for wives, mothers, daughters, sisters and friends with a retail price of $ 39.95 per 3.4 ounce bottle. Available at vagabondchoppers.com, orders are being filled now; please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery. To obtain further information and dealer pricing, email info@vagabondchoppers.com or call (954) 360-0075.

It’s Labor day forget all the work in the kitchen! Throw this quick, easy and delicious summer salad together and enjoy the weekend!

Summer Strawberry Salad

• 6 cups chopped romaine lettuce

• 3 cups sliced fresh strawberries

• 2 cups cubed fresh pineapple

• 1 banana, sliced

• 1/4 cup water

• 1/4 cup cream of coconut

• 2 Tbsp. lemon juice

• 1 Tbsp. yellow mustard

• 1/2 tsp. ground ginger

• 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted (optional)

1. In a very large bowl toss together romaine, strawberries, pineapple, and banana. If desired, cover and refrigerate for up to 1 hour.

2. For dressing, in a small bowl whisk together water, cream of coconut, lemon juice, mustard, and ginger. If desired, cover and refrigerate. To serve, toss greens mixture with dressing to coat. If desired, sprinkle with almonds.

3. Makes: 6 to 8 servings

•Calories111 Total Fat (g)4 Saturated Fat (g)3, Sodium (mg)35, Carbohydrate (g)20, Total Sugar (g)11, Fiber (g)4, Protein (g)2, Vitamin C (DV%)131, Calcium (DV%)4, Iron (DV%)7, Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Potato-Cauliflower Salad

Prep: 25 minutes

Chill: 1 to 24 hours

Microwave: 13 minutes

• 12 small fingerling or round new potatoes scrubbed

• 1 medium head cauliflower, cut into bite-size pieces

• 1 small onion, chopped

• 2 stalks celery, sliced

• 1/3 cup sour cream chive dip

• 2 Tbsp. lemon juice

• 2 Tbsp. salad oil

• 1/4 to 1/3 cup blue cheese

• 1/4 cup fresh Italian (flat-leaf) parsley

• 2 slices bacon, crisp cooked and crumbled

• 4 crisp breadsticks, broken

• Sea salt or salt and freshly ground pepper

•1.Arrange potatoes in a single layer in microwave on clean white paper towels. Microcook on 100 percent power (high) for 5 minutes. Turn potatoes, microcook until tender, about 3 minutes more.

•2.Place cauliflower and 2 tablespoon water in a 1-1/2 qt. microwave safe casserole. Microcook on 100 percent power (high) for 5 minutes or until crisp tender, stirring once. Drain. Cool slightly.

•.3In a large serving bowl combine potatoes, cauliflower, onion and celery. In a small bowl stir together sour cream dip, lemon juice, and salad oil; gently toss with potato mixture and fold in blue cheese. Chill up to 24 hours. Just before serving, top with parsley, bacon, breadsticks, sea salt and freshly ground pepper. Makes 8 to 10 servings.

•Calories152 Total Fat (g)7 Saturated Fat (g)2, Monounsaturated Fat (g)3, Polyunsaturated Fat (g)1, Cholesterol (mg)12, Sodium (mg)299, Carbohydrate (g)18, Total Sugar (g)3, Fiber (g)3, Protein (g)5, Vitamin C (DV%)74, Calcium (DV%)7, Iron (DV%)6, Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

For those of you that have been here on Garage-Girls for a while ,you might recall us posting about our Friends Bobby and Elisa’s 7 year old Son Aidan who is currently fighting a tough disease called ALD. Please take a moment to help out and register with the Bone Marrow Donor Program.

Hot Leathers is hosting a marrow donor recruitment drive with Bonfils Blood Center’s Colorado Marrow Donor Program (CMDP) to give hope to patients in need. Supporters may join the Be The Match Registry® on Saturday, Sept. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Thunder in the Rockies  at the Hot Leathers trailer at 4250 Byrd Drive in Loveland.

CMDP and Hot Leathers want you to join the fight against childhood cancer and support Aidan Seeger, a seven-year-old boy with huge blue eyes, a contagious smile and a diagnosis of a rare brain disease called Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). Aidan desperately needs a marrow transplant in order to help him spend more time with his family and friends.

ALD is a rare, inherited disorder that leads to progressive brain damage, failure of adrenal glands and eventually death. Every minute counts for Aidan.  The more time that passes without a match, the more damage he can suffer. A marrow transplant can help stop the progression of his disease allowing him to lead a longer, healthier life.

With his condition worsening, Aidan’s parents, Bobby and Elisa Seeger are appealing to the community to give their son and others suffering from blood-related diseases a second chance at life by registering to become a potential marrow or stem cell donor.  The Seegers active lifestyle in the motorcycle community prompted Hot Leathers to get involved and help them search for a lifesaving marrow donor.

Joining the Be The Match Registry® is fast, easy and painless. Anyone age 18-60 who is willing to donate to any patient in need and meets the health guidelines can join. Would-be donors simply complete a short health history and consent form and a sample of cells is collected through a cheek swab for initial testing.

You could give the opportunity of a lifetime — join the marrow registry to help Aidan, bless an entire family, and indeed bless the entire motorcycle community, who has come together in such an incredible way to help Aidan. Those who aren’t a match for Aidan will be placed on the Be The Match Registry’s® where they could match with another person waiting for someone selfless enough to offer them a lifesaving bone marrow transplant.

Those who are unable to join can still help. The Seegers need all the help they can get to continue their desperate search for a donor, to pay the mounting medical costs of Aidan’s medical treatment for ALD and to maintain their regular responsibilities.

The Seegers have established a blog, Aidan Has A Posse, to keep people updated on Aidan’s progress. They have scheduled a host of marrow drives and organized and promoted several benefits and events that are aimed at recruiting potential donors and raising money to help save Aidan’s life. The total cost to add a new member to the Be The Match Registry® is about $100. This includes the initial tissue typing tested needed to match donors to searching patients and other related costs. We ask that each potential donor and other caring community members to make a tax-deductible financial gift as close to this amount as possible.

Visit www.aidanhasaposse.wordpress.com to order a red Support Aidan bracelet, make a donation and find out how to get a cheek swab kit. For more information about Bonfils’ CMDP please call 800.619.1099.