07.28.06

The other day, as I waited at the left turn traffic light, I saw a short woman and an enormous SUV.

The woman, who was only a little less round than tall, sat on the driver's seat. She faced out, trouser legs ruched up her calves. She'd wedged herself between the steering wheel, the seat, and the door. Her feet were a good foot and a half from the ground--and kicking like Esther Williams on a movie shoot.

As I watched, she popped! out of the car like a cork from a good bottle of lambrusco.

Why do the littlest people drive the biggest SUVs?

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