I Wish I Had a Vespa

It's a classic and now Vespa's are popping up everywhere, although I am not sure why. They seemed to hit the scene about 1952 when Cary Grant was cruising around Rome with Audrey Hepburn on the back of a Vespa. Not a bad gig if you can get it. I remember seeing one in Raleigh about ten years ago and thinking they might make a comeback, but that must have just been a flash in the pan.

Vespa's seemed to be all over San Francisco. The dealer is doing well there. Not so much so in Seattle and Portland.

Now with Tom Hank's new comedy Larry Crowe, the Vespa is all set for its comeback. Although with a price of about $4,000, I am not sure how successful they will really be.

What seemed so cool in Rome or San Francisco seems a bit foreign in the Triangle. If I ride a Vespa, do I need a tee-shirt that says, "No, I didn't get a DUI!?