Friday, January 22, 2010

A run-in with Paul Teutul Sr.

An Interview with Tom by Tom:
Tom: Tom, nice of you to sit down and chat.

Tom: Thanks Tom, and can I say that you look great.

Tom: You too, lets dive in. Word on the street is that you had an encounter with a celeb at the Los Angeles International Airport, what you call LAX in the buis.

Tom: Ah yes, that’s true.

Tom: Well, can you tell us about it.

Tom: Sure

Tom: Do you have to be so difficult, just tell us the story, why do I need to pull this out of you.

Tom: Don’t yell at me, you didn’t even make me coffee this morning.

Tom: You’re right, I’m sorry, let me get that for you.

Tom: Do you have NDCs**?

Tom: You know where they are, please just tell us about your encounter.

Tom: Ok, so there’s three things you need to know, 1. blink 182 is the best band ever. 2. Mankowski’s love TLC/A&E/DC, etc. 3. OC Choppers is the West Coast Choppers of the East Coast.

Tom: Blink is pretty great, please continue.

Tom: Well, I’m getting coffee, and who do I see leaving the line, but Paul Sr.

Tom: Paul Sr, as in Paul Tuetul from Orange County Choppers





















Tom: That very one, please stop interrupting. Anyway, I walk back to my seat, open my card holder and take out one LTD business card provided by the lovely Lauren and Becky

Tom: so you

Tom: I said stop interrupting, we, I mean I have a call in 20 minutes.

Tom: Sorry, continue.

Tom: I’m sipping on my coffee, which FYI was Starbucks, 60 cents for soymilk, buy Coffee Bean free NDC, and United makes the call for 1k, global alliance, and premier executives to line up. As you know, I’m premier executive.

Tom: Everyone knows, it’s not that cool and you kind of sound like a jerk when you bring it up.

Tom: Really, well maybe you want to fly in the back, you know what, I’m ignoring you.

Tom: What a waste of time, I’m going to make oatmeal.

Tom: No let me finish, so I get up to the line, and Paul Sr., who is obviously flying first class is standing a few people ahead of me.

Tom: Us, ahead of us.

Tom: Me. So I walk over to him and say, “I don’t want to bother you, we’re huge fans, we have a great little scooter club, here’s our blog”.

Tom: what did he say?

Tom: He says, “What’s that?”

Tom: Hah, that’s cause you mumble.

Tom: That’s hurtful. I say to him, “Scooter Club, Living the Dream” to which he says “Cool man thanks” and takes the card.

And I say “LTD”





















Tom: That’s a great story, I’m really glad you didn’t just write a 4 sentence paragraph.

Tom: Whatever, that wasn’t NDC I used, so enjoy the stomach ache.


** Editor's note: NDC = non-dairy creamer for all you amateurs.**

Friday, January 15, 2010

Vespa Restaurant - NYC


Tom Mankowski (the owner of Orangina) and his brother Tim are living the dream in New York this weekend. They stumbled across a sweet gem of a place, the
Vespa Restaurant. Why does a glorious establishment like this not exist in CA? Some questions we will never know the answer to. Vespa is located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan and serves a variety of tasty treats. If you're in the area or out of the area...do what you can to make it to this place. Imagine the wonderful feeling that would come when scoots pull up to Vespa for a friendly meal? To all scoot riders in New York, this should be your goal for 2010. LTD!
[Photo courtesy of Tim Mankowski]

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Scoots raved in the New York Times!


A not-so-recent article was published in the October 22 printing of the New York Times in which our friends at South Bay Scooter Club were highlighted. Hats off to our fellow riders. Check out the article when you get a chance (click here). It's informative, it's about scoots, and it's worth the read. Keep living the dream!