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Big People Scooters was named "Best Number to Have Tucked Into Your Italian-made Leather Jacket" by Seattle Weekly.

I would argue that AAA is a better number, since they're open 24-hours.

But Big People's is a good back-up. Read the full report here.

One of the scooter clubs I'm a member of, the Westenders, is featured in a great article in the West Seattle Herald. Once again, I'm caught in the act of waxing philosophical. You'd think I spend most of my time sitting in cafes wearing a beret and fondling my soul patch.

Ralph's quote pretty much sums us up:

"Being a Westender is a state of mind," said Ralph Leach, who wears a jacket of patches and buttons. "This is a family friendly scooter club. We aren't a bunch of derelicts, just some of us."

This lighthearted little news bite provides a much-needed respite from yesterday's rampant stupidity in the reader comments on the Seattle PI scooter parking piece.

I've received word that the Westenders article is in the print version of the newspaper, on newstands now. I've got to grab a copy tonight to read while sitting on the beach at Alki, eating cupcakes and waxing philosophical.

July 16th is Ride to Work day. I plan to ride to work, cause I ride to work every day. My other option is hoofing it, which only feels like an attractive option two days out of the year when there's snow on the ground.

I think everyone should ride to work. I just wonder where we'd all park.

All City Scooter Community Day was written up in the Seattle Post Intelligencer. We are definitely getting the word out! Of course, gasoline at $4.50 per gallon helps.

I'll try to be a good sport and not get my panties in a twitch that the journalist refers to scooters as "miniature motorcycles". And that he calls Amerivespa an erroneous "Vespamerica". Oh, and Ducati doesn't make scooters.

But Mama always said, you gotta pick your battles.

" Scooter enthusiasts and dealers filled a parking lot on Westlake Avenue for the city's first All City Scooter Community Day to swap stories, compare notes and extol the virtues of moving about on scooters, streamlined miniature motorcycles that are growing in popularity as gasoline prices increase.

With an estimated 200 people and some 150 scooters gathered at midday, it was the biggest scooter party since last year's "Vespamerica" gathering, which attracted hundreds more when it was held in Seattle. Scooter clubs had tents, and several dealers displayed their wares. "

Read the full article here.