Modern Vespa

Tonight, I was at the Whole Foods flagship store and this woman was eating dressed in total matching gear; pants, jacket, boots and nearby helmet. As I was leaving I saw her walking out and since I had to follow due to the parking garage traffic flow, I thought, "Oh cool, I bet she has a neat bike, now I'll get to see it." Then, she walked up, unlocked the DOOR and got into her Toyota Corolla. (There was a bicycle in the back...?)

I always knew those weirdos shopped at whole foods! j/k

You always see lots of 'interesting' people at Whole Foods.

Laundry day?

to quote the movie Braveheart "we didn't get all dressed up fer nuttin..." 8)

Isn't Whole Foods the outfit that makes their lobsters do yoga every day and sign a Do Not Resuscitate declaration?

You forgot the part where after Yoga they get massaged with organic olive oil.

Delicious!

but only to their ankles, because that's where the wooly socks in the birkenstocks start!

jacqui

Hey, Toreador Pants means All The Time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzKQG0ejwhA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbGEPAhQGK0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e12lEzK2qec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXakLj3RGqA

I like that 3rd video

It was probably mountain biking gear... a lot of the stuff looks like dirtbike stuff and is made by those companies (Fox, Alipinestars, Sidi, etc).

I can only guess that the 3rd video was made with a helmet he was going to retire anyways. Otherwise, I think you'd need to replace the liner if you wanted to wear it again.

Pretty sure it was motorcycle gear and the bike she had was a road bike.

In defense of the Whole Foods flagship store, it is an AMAZING (highly overpriced) store and nothing like any other Whole Foods I've ever been to. Definitely worth a visit if you're in town.

Plus the parking garage even has corn fed organic sculptures. I do agree it is an amazing store.

That's my favorite scooter parking in town.

I was in our local Fresh Market today and was using my helmet as a shopping basket. Funny.

I've done that before, too.

haha I use it to carry my sunglasses and gloves when I go in somewhere. But now that I have my topcase I'll leave it in there.

I had my backpack in my topcase.

Maybe it was the Stig's girlfriend then??? She's contractually allowed to remove her helmet to eat to avoid video #3.

Maybe but I love the HEB Central Market!!!
So much cheese there.

If it was a higher end helmet you can remove the pads and wash all of them.

I like Central Market too. We have a hybrid store near my house that is a normal HEB with a deli, cheese counter, sushi bar, etc... from central market. So it is the best of both worlds.

That's what I miss the most about the good ol' Republic O' Texas. Then again 6th st on Halloween to me is like a diabetic in a candy store. So bad...yet so good. And kids remember to keep your hands to yourself

Literally, the last time I was there, as I went as candy corn.

And then, a nice, relaxing soak in the hot tub. Turn up that dial!

I've ridden the NYC subway with full motorcycle gear (jacket, boots, gloves, helmet) after dropping off my scooter for servicing or repair. I carried my helmet rather than wore it, and put my gloves in my helmet, but I could see how if I were carrying something else already that I might put them on to have my hands free.

It's all fun and games until you get heckled by the teenagers getting out of school who grew up watching Power Rangers.

I was walking the 1.2 miles home from dropping off the Kymco at the local independent car/motorcycle/trailer garage (scoot is leaking gas - bad fuel pump diaphragm) -- so I am carrying my FF helmet, wearing my jacket, walking against traffic (as you should as a pedestrian).

So some dude in a cube van heading in the opposite direction gives me a huge thumbs-up and was grinning from ear-to-ear.

I still don't know if he was (a) making fun of me, thinking I broke down somewhere or (b) a fellow two-wheel rider, supporting my choice of transportation.

Did anyone try and take a bite?

Side hijack, Do you listen to local music?

Just a homeless dog! Candy was falling off me all night, I easily found my way home.

Hijack - a bit, not a lot.

If you like rock a billy at all you should check out The Flametrick Subs. I dated the drummer for awhile, she and the band are from Austin and play at Beerland on red river ( I think thats the street) a lot.

Yay! I prefer Central Market too.

Ten years ago I moved from Austin to NYC. Whole Foods was just the granola grocery store when I left. I thought it was so odd that everyone made a fuss about it when they put one in at Columbus Circle in new york. I move back to Austin last year and Whole Foods is all yuppified. Central Market was still the same though, happily.

If the woman wouldn't have gotten into her car I could've understood the gear. Cagers seem rather rough on bicyclists here (well, really anything on two wheels).

I saw a yellow LX yesterday parked at some condos/apartments near a funky intersection in near north central Austin. Is that you?

Yes! Heh. Even from that brief description I can tell you're talking about my funky intersection.

I didn't want to be too specific. Coolio! 8)