I’ve heard fog referred to as “pea soup,” which aptly describes a yellowish fog. But that fog is typically not our fog. Ours is more a “15-bean” deal, misty and grey, but no less thick.
Fog is not an all-the-time deal around here, but I’m always intrigued by it when it befalls my fair city, especially [...]
So, there’s a kid now. A girl, Hazel.
My brother-in-law says it best, I think, when he says that in a split second, you become the most important and influential force in another person’s life. Bang, in an instant. And nothing could be more true.
And what a wonderful responsibility this parenthood deal is. We got a [...]
Saturday, February 28, 2009
That’s Nora, a fluffy tub-o-lard that belongs to some friends. And that’s me. You’ll note my disdain.
I am not a cat person. I do not have them, I do not want them. Cats are for people who aren’t so great with other people. I am in the minority here, and that’s fine. That’s okay.
I make [...]
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Portland is generally pretty reliable in its winterly ways: Grey skies and light drizzle, followed by rain, followed by heavy rain, with a chance—maybe—of not so much rain later in the week. Every so often there is the sun, and blue, and clear. And sure, we may or may not get a few days each [...]
Thursday, February 12, 2009
What you see here is the classy smile of a 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante, one of not all that many handsome streamlined coupes to emerge from the factory in Molsheim, France. Last August, it sold at auction in Pebble Beach, California, for a not-unsubstantial $7.9m.
Carmi is all about “up” this week, and as I [...]
What you see here are the dual chromed exhaust pipes that fall elegantly from the long, vented hood of a 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Sport Cabriolet, with one-off coachwork by Erdmann & Rossi.
They remind me of the arms of the robot in the 1960s TV series, “Lost in Space.” You know the one, the Model B-9, [...]
These downdraft Weber carburetors sit atop the 3-liter V12 of a 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder. Cal Spyders are rare indeed, and the short-wheelbase variant, as this car is, with covered headlights, as this car has, is about as rare as it gets.
Webers are the nostrils for this rorty Italian engine, breathing deeply [...]