We with interests in automobiles can rarely unilaterally agree on general statements, but one thing we can all concede is that sports cars make no practical sense. This is immediately followed with the conceit “but we don’t care, we still love them.” Style, power, and performance are the things that cause the fuzzy bubbles of joy and excitement to […]
Our excitement for the Fiat 500 ending up on our roads was unparalleled. Some pragmatic skeptics couldn’t understand why we’d give a second look to a trumped up Fiat Panda in a period costume, but we payed no attention: the charming Cinquecento was coming to fulfill our weekend-drives-to-Portofino fantasies. The naysayers had their day in the sun when we eventually […]
I often consider how recipes came to be when coming across particularly intricate edible concoctions. I like to think about the human element that went into tweaking a survival necessity just to jazz things up and make it more enjoyable, evolving to the point of becoming an art to be critiqued and mastered, a trade to study, and to be […]
Dear young adults: Time’s up. The Back to School season is upon us and many will be wrestled from the teat of living at home and sent packing to the independent living of college. There are many important decisions to be made as you outfit yourself before the journey into higher education, and while your youthful impetuousness will drive you […]
When fanatics argue for things to be more “hardcore,” what they’re really asking for is purity. They want the frills stripped away so that the raw form of their obsession lays bare before them. Economic pragmatism has meant that drivers have been left lately without too many options in this regard, forced to reach deep into their pockets if they […]