Vespa’s making their way onto Capital Hill
Dec 27th, 2005 | by Neil Barton | Posted in scooters | Comments Off
Here is a story I came across about a Washington lobbyist who uses a Vespa to get around K street. The title of the article: Gustafson: A brainy lobbyist on a Vespa.
Indeed, Gustafson’s square-rimmed glasses and slim-cut suits are more likely to be found on the streets of London than the utilitarian halls of K Street. While most lobbyists wax rhapsodic on the Redskins and 18 holes of golf, Gustafson bonds with staffers using his encyclopedic knowledge of fine wines and gourmet food.
In a GOP disdainful of all things Eurocentric, the Clark Kent-look-alike Gustafson even manages to make driving a Vespa scooter into a social signature.
“I kidded him one night and said, ‘Do you think you’re going to a café in Milan?’” Foley recalled.
Berger joked about his colleague’s fashionable wheels: “Not that there’s anything wrong with it. Well, actually, there is something kind of French about it.”
