Monday, May 4, 2009

Cherry Red Scooter

sunset plaza

I was in West Hollywood today and spotted this little scooter parked in an alley...

sunset plaza

...It's so cute. I wonder who it belongs to. Maybe a girl with a closet full of vintage dresses? Or a guy who prefers seersucker suits? It reminded me of this...




Bliss!

36 comments:

Char said...

LOVE that movie!!! cute find

Maia said...

My very first love drove a Vespa. He also drove a bright orange VW bug. I have great memories about both!

the real mia said...

this may be the only cafe race cuter than the one at the end of 'Amelie'

trishie said...

Vespas are sooo cute. Love the pictures you took...the little red flowers really complement the vespa.

LenoreNeverM♡re said...

Yo have great eyes Tina darling!
My grandad had a vespa in baby blue, wished we had kept it...I'd display it in my hallway. ~XO*

Patsy said...

Isn't it amazing how a little accent here and there can change the ambience of a house? What if that were a black motorcycle? Different feel! Or what if it were a baby buggy?


~Lorna

Shokoofeh said...

Oh I want this cherry red THING! :)

PepeB said...

It's amazing that it reminded you of Audrey Hepburn – it would have been her 80th birhtday yesterday ...

marcel said...

i love this movie..

Mag Yip said...

lovely motorcycle!!
I love Audrey and this movie...

M said...

Love it! :)

Laura Trevey said...

love it, love it!!

Sara said...

This is just TOO gorgeous!

Marsi @ The Cottage Cheese said...

I love Audrey. She was so beautiful in so many ways. There's nothing cuter than a handsome man in a seersucker suit. Or madras pants. My boy will definitely be going preppy for our wedding.

Oh, and I really want a scooter!

FEDERICA said...

Vespa is always special...
Greetings from Italy!

The Clever Pup said...

Wouldn't it be loverly...?

KuNg FuNnY said...

This blog you so beautiful and pretty very much.I like it.

aurbie said...

Ah, the good old days.

I love it.

I have a little blue and white Honda scooter for getting around Crisfield. 100 miles to the gallon! I will have to get me some retro clothes.

Giulia said...

bella...i rode one myself in roma. i was insane to do it. glad someone said it was AH bday yesterday...Garrison Keillor mentioned it in his Writer's Almanac...

xxx/svs/gg

Dionne said...

Or maybe to a cute but fashionable old Grandma on her way to a party, but just stopped to pick up some cake to bring. She'll buy the cake and it will be in a white box tied with red twine that she will tie onto the front.

Unknown said...

oh my goodness, i've wanted a vespa for the longest time. they're so beautiful and classic looking. it's funny too, because as i was scrolling down the page, i was thinking of 'roman holiday' as well, and lo and behold, there it was on your post!

funny that it was may 4th that you posted this, it was audrey's 80th birthday!!! :-)

Miranda said...

It's an image that takes us back to a time when style, freedom and elegance were complimentary and not atagonists. Your blog so often reminds us that we should make it ours again.

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Brian Miller said...

love the clip. fun to imagine who the vehicle goes with, and great to be surprised when you actually see them.

Tina Tarnoff said...

You polaroids look like they've been taken somewhere in Italy. Love it. I live in the Italian neighborhood of SF and there a quite a few vespa's around! A particular one always catch my eye - pastel blue. It belongs to an adorable and very style conscious girl. She looks so lovely driving around with her oversized glamorous sunglasses! Love it! And love Roman Holiday!

English Muse said...

Oh thank you!! Yay! an award. You just brightened my day...running to the hopsital now to see my dad..he's having another surgery today, then hopefully we'll get him home!

P. said...

I just love Roman Holiday - Audrey Hepburn was just the epitome of charm. I have a fantasy of having a little vintage Vespa, but I fear I'd go splatt within minutes.

Anonymous said...

i love roman holiday! but i especially love italy and vespas. really... i love it all. thanks for sharing.
p.s. i prefer to think the cherry red vespa is owned by a girl with a closet full of vintage dresses :)

TheBeautyFile said...

Wow! How fun & such great pictures! I love anything Audrey & she is so adorable on a Vespa in RH...it kills me!

Anonymous said...

I LOVE Roman Holiday. Sigh, to be Audrey Hepburn.

Anonymous said...

You are a very talented photographer

Becca said...

one of my fav Audrey Hepburn movies!!

Unknown said...

Do you KNOW how badly I want a Vespa. And a red one at that!

I'm down in L.A. all the time and I've never seen such an adorable little thing.

P.S. I'm in love with Audrey Hepburn. :)

http://morenarena.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

I used to ride a 1967 vespa in the eighties... it didn't work for shit, but had an amazing custom paintjob, red with colored polkda dots...

K. said...

Ah, love Audrey! And love Roman Holiday...you are so fun to follow...

Unknown said...

Vespas are terrific!!!