If you’ve been wondering about the pause in scoot|pink posts, it’s because I was in London for the past week. I did my best to find a pink scooter or scooterist to photograph for the site. Even with inclement weather, scooterists are everywhere in London, nearly all sporting neon lime safety jackets or vests, and [...]
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not a pink scooter in sight
Published by on November 8th, 2008 in miscellaneous and sightings. 1 Commentuplifting story: riding for a cause
Published by on October 13th, 2008 in news & events, scoot for a cause and sightings. 0 CommentsHead over to Stuff.co.nz to read the news story and see this photo up close: In a charity ride for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation, rider Rachel Guthrie adorned her scooter with pink balloons, ribbons… and a bra. Now that’s a great way to show support.
“on the streets of Arezzo”
Published by on September 20th, 2008 in Vespa, sightings and vintage. 0 CommentsHere’s a gorgeous photo taken by flechotech, found in their photostream on FlickR. According to the caption, it was taken in “on the streets of Arezzo” in Italy.
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Hello Kitty limited edition pink Honda Jazz
Published by on September 14th, 2008 in 50 cc, Hello Kitty, Honda and sightings. 0 CommentsFlickr photographer Cunning Stunt gave me permission to use these photos of a pink limited edition Hello Kitty Honda Jazz (Metropolitan in the US). Take special care to note the design of the headlight bulb in the photo below.
Check out the photostream for another photo of the scooter from the front.
photos from the Last Mile Ride
Published by on August 25th, 2008 in news & events, scoot for a cause and sightings. 0 CommentsThank you to everyone who supported me in the Last Mile Ride this past weekend. I was again the top fundraiser - and I was also the only scooterist, and the only person wearing pink!
Taking off in formation:
Riding through Chelsea, VT:
Scooting through Washington, VT:
Arriving back at the hospital:
A shot after 103 miles. The ride was [...]
Here’s another Flickr find, a great photo shot in Malaysia in the Sue Anna Joe photostream, entitled Colyn on a hot pink Vespa. Many thanks to Anna for permission to use the photo here. It’s unknown who the Vespa belongs to. See more photos in Sue Anna Joe’s photostream.
pink fuzzy feathery scooters in Seattle
Published by on August 14th, 2008 in Vespa and sightings. 4 CommentsThis is a photo by Shaners Beckers that is another Flickr find. This fleet of Vespa LXs is dressed up as flamingos, he says, to advertise pink flamingos arriving at the Seattle zoo. I wonder what the riders were wearing?
When I saw this photo, I had to ask the photographer Daniel Anton for permission to post it here. He tells me that he took it this past June while on a trip through Europe. He took the photo in the city of Tallinn in Estonia. For more photos from his tour, you can [...]
Does she look familiar? This photo comes from photographer Meredith Yayanos, who granted me permission to use the photograph here. She caught the same pink scooter rider on the streets of New York about a year and a half earlier than Nicolas in “Pink Scooter and Polka Dots.” This photo was taken in February of [...]
Many thanks to Nicolas Vautier for permission to use his July 2006 photo dubbed “Pink Scooter and Polka Dots” that I spotted in his Flickr photostream. One commenter posted that this ‘pink scooter girl’ is the one in the new Dell commercial. I’m not sure if she’s the same person, but she’s definitely the subject [...]
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