Roman Holiday, Philly-style

It's been far too long a wait for readers of the ChazzyBlog who've been itching to see me and the missus on our new scooter. Truth is, we've been too damn busy having fun riding and enjoying our midlife crisis to get organized and take a picture! But today was a perfect early fall day, and we had the foresight to grab the camera before buzzing off to meet Alex for lunch. Our son can't believe his parents' juvenile antics, but still indulged us by snapping this photo so that we could share it with the blogosphere.

In case you've missed the backstory: we sold the beloved Beetle (our "date car") and invested a small part of the proceeds in a Chinese-built People 50 Scooter, purchased from Larry at Philadelphia Scooters on Passyunk - conveniently located just around the corner from our house. No more searching for a parking space! No more whopping car insurance premiums! No more fretting about gas bills (this little sipper burns a gallon a week)! Total time door-to-door to work is ten exhilarating minutes! And we're mastering the art of scooter-shopping, which entails the deft deployment of the bungee net and the willingness to ride with large plastic bags swinging between the driver's legs.

Meanwhile, for those occasions when ONLY a car will do, we've subscribed to PhillyCar Share, where we can rent a Toyota Matrix or Prius by the hour and pick it up from a lot located 10 minutes walk from our house. Which is what we'll do tonight to fetch Kerry from his friend's house in Upper Darby - a trip that would probably take 45 minutes each way on the Piglet.