Saturday, Sept 11, 7pm: Meet at 9lb Hammer in Georgetown at 7pm for a prefunction featuring games and cool prizes. The rideout will leave about 8pm for a short ride over to the Skylark Cafe for all the music and good times!

So mark your calendar, grab your Rude Boy hat, and start working on your dance moves, 'coz Skoot vs. Ska is coming!

PS: Westender Wednesday at the Tiger Lounge is this Wednesday as well! Great food, drink specials, and Baby Ketten Karaoke at 9pm. Check out this great midweek break and hang out with your scooter friends!

As one gets more into the hobby of scooters and scootering, the inclination to dabble in vintage scoots can become very strong. Westenders prime minister RogerTango has taken the plunge, and now there's a new Lambretta in the Westenders lineup: meet Gina the Lambretta!

This Sunday Westender Click is leading a fun long cruising ride around Mount Rainier, and everyone's invited! Here's Click with the information:

"I'm planning a late summer loop ride around Mount Rainier. The date suggested is Sunday, August 29th.

Click"

It's that time again! Come on down to the Tiger Lounge (421 South Orcas) this Wednesday (8/25) from 7pm 'til whenever. Enjoy great food (awesome pizza, by the way!), drink specials, and Baby Ketten Karaoke at 9pm! And you may get to see the prime minister's new scoot! See you there!

The fifth iteration of R2DQ (Ride to Dairy Queen) is now history, and everyone agrees that it was quite probably the very best yet of a series of great ride events! Despite threats of rain (which very considerately confined it's activity to north of the Ship Canal), attendees enjoyed good weather, a wonderful ride, and a swell BBQ with games and prizes as well!

Just a reminder that R2DQ5 is this Sunday! A great time will be enjoyed by all, but PLEASE be sure to RSVP at RSVP (206) 248-1890 or e-mail at p.stanaway@msn.com (full details can be found here). See you this Sunday!

UPDATE (8/22): This just in from the Rat Family: "The weather update for this Sunday says "cloudy with chance of showers". So we say it's a GO! Ride leaves at 10:30 - BBQ aproximately 1:30. Hope to see you there.

It's that time again for R2DQ5! These rides, sponsored by Rudy the Rat & Pat Rat just keep getting better with each month. Get the information after the jump. Remember, please be sure to RSVP! The Rats need to know how much to get in the way of supplies!

Rain's supposed to peter out by tomorrow, so saddle up and we'll be seeing you!

What is it about scooters that attracts artistic people? Is it the flowing lines, the fact they are a form of kinetic sculpture? Or the slightly iconoclastic nature of them that gives them such an appeal to creative folks and free thinkers of all stripes? The Westenders Scooter Club counts a number of highly creative people among it's members. We have painters, photographers, sculptors, actors and poets. Some of our members have made the arts their profession, and for others it's a much-enjoyed hobby.

Westender Chris (aka 'S.A.M.') is one of the managers of the international award-winning West Seattle Bakery Nouveau, and rides in incredibly sweet Vespa Primavera. She is also a highly accomplished photographer who will be showing her work in her very first exhibition at Bakery Nouveau as part of the West Seattle Artwalk series on Thursday, August 12. Please come and join as as we admire and celebrate the work of this talented artist!

We well meet at Bakery Nouveau at 7pm, and enjoy refreshments while we admire S.A.M.'s collection. Afterwards, we may pop over to Talarico's for a slice, and/or scoot up to Westender Hairy LaPinch's Styling Studio, which is also a participant in Artwalk! Read more about her upcoming show here. See you there!

There are many reasons why scooter clubs go to the time, expense and work to put on a rally. One of the main reasons is to say 'thank you' to all the other clubs who put on rallies that have been enjoyed. So it is with the Westenders; we set out to put together a nice little rally that other scooterists could come and enjoy, and ended up throwing a three-day party that completely exceeded our wildest expectations, and perhaps those of the Pacific Northwest scootering community as well. Here is our story:

Well, now that "Tour di Mari 3: Riding Down to Brighton" is just a happy memory, you may be feeling a bit like a kid on Xmas day after all the gifts have been opened; happy and tired, but also just a little down, because it's now over. But cheer up, scooties! The summer rally fun is just gearing up! Here's a couple great events coming your way:

After all the work, preparations, and anticipation, it is time for "Tour di Mari 3: Riding Down to Brighton". Participants will enjoy three days of rides, music, food, prizes, and fun! Best of all, someone is going to be taking home our painstakingly restored Vespa P200 scooter!

The Westenders Scooter Club would like to thank the Bjornsen family and Valley Scooters of Washington for their ongoing support as our partner in putting on this rally for three years running!

Stand by for a full report and pictures of the weekend's fun!

Once again, we're sold out of rally packs and dinners at the Saturday BBQ, but if you didn't order your Rally Pack, you can still come and take part in the rides and the fun!

We do apologize for any confusion from our previous posts. Those responsible have been sacked.