Archive for June, 2006

The luckiest person alive: Shreve Stockton

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

I heard about Shreve Stockton’s scooter adventures on a new forum, dcscoots. Stockton, a 29-year-old writer and photographer, decided to move from San Francisco to New York - and did the trip on her Vespa ET. The site, Vespa Vagabond,…

getting Vespalitical

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

By now, you’ve probably heard about the Vespatition, part of Vespa USA’s new Vespanomics campain. I’d been hoping Neil would post about it, since he’s much better at political pundicity than I am. My initial reaction was that the Vespanomics…

just a quick catch-up

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

Wow, you’d think that both of us must really suck at this blog stuff if we can’t come up with any posts for this long! Well, Neil has a good excuse: He’s one of the founders/event planners/coordinators for the New…

Vespazine Lives!

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

Yes, I am still around. Trying to get my lazy hands to click on my blogger link and start posting to Vespazine again. A lot has happened since my last posts. Vespa turned 60, the Piaggio MP3 was released, some guy from the Sopranos (sorry I don’t watc…

Vietnam Vespa Club Celebrates World Cup With Parade

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

DO NOT buy a Vespa from Vietnam. Instead, enjoy this news story about The Vietnamese Vespa Club celebrating the start of the World Cup with a Vespa parade including jerseys and matching decorations to represent each country participating in the World C…

New York Scooter Block Party

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Just a friendly reminder, the New York Scooter BlockParty is next weekend (June 10 11). Check out the schedule, it’s going to be a blast! If you are in the area, it is an event not to be missed….

Oh What a Feeling To Drive

Monday, June 5th, 2006

I know that I have been quite these past 2 weeks. But the truth is that I have been busy having way too much fun! I am simply amazed, floored, and otherwise stunned at how much better the GTS is…

Boom Chica Boom with a View

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

What do you get when you combine a Nuclia Waste scooter unveiling and a Peter Moore book talk and signing? You get a great photo op, at least. Reader Dan Marschman sent photos from yesterday’s event at Erico Motorsports, in…