NEW ENGLAND 1915
UNLIKE SOME places, New England has few signs that read “Fine dining since 1993.” Things in the northeast corner of the U.S. have a permanence that encourages perusal of old … Continue reading
HOORAY FOR SCHMALTZ
IT’S OFFICIAL. Even The New York Times acknowledges that “Schmaltz Finds a New, Younger Audience.” Nutritionally incorrect though it may sound, author Melissa Clark and photographer Andrew Scrivani make a … Continue reading
ANGELA PALMER’S ART OF FORMULA ONE
IMAGINE SEEING a modern Formula One engine deconstructed before your eyes. More difficult for me, imagine seeing this through the eyes of a talented artist. Renault’s top-security headquarters in Viry-Chatillon, … Continue reading
JUST AN OTAKU KINDA GUY
YOU MIGHT think Japanese trends would be ephemeral and, thus, my favorite guide on otaku, published ten years ago, would be hopelessly out of date. No, I’ve given this a … Continue reading
FREMONT RIDER AS GUIDE
HIS NAME conjures up an image of a horseman pointing the way across a western landscape. But in fact, Fremont Rider’s main claim to fame lies in a less adventurous … Continue reading
ROOSEVELT FIELD—AND RACEWAY
YESTERDAY WE admired the Rhonie murals at Roosevelt Field (http://wp.me/p2ETap-2GJ). Today, I’ll fill in some of Roosevelt’s history between its 1909 origin and 1951 demise. In between, there’s Glenn Curtiss, … Continue reading
ALINE RHONIE—GOLDEN-AGE AVIATRIX AND MURALIST
PURSUITS HAVE an interesting way of evolving. I was perusing Minute Epics of Flight, a wonderful collection of one-page vignettes in the Minute series. (See “Minutes of Knowledge,” http://wp.me/p2ETap-1rI, for … Continue reading
REVENTLOW’S F1 CAR—A MATTER OF TIMING
AMERICAN LANCE Reventlow’s Formula One car had the same high-skilled fabrication and immaculate presentation as his Scarab sports cars. These dominated sports car racing throughout the 1958 season. However, the … Continue reading
DOING THE CHAPMAN STRUT, AND OTHER MOVES
THE FIRST automotive front suspensions were beam axles with steering spindles at each end, only one step past a kid wagon’s pivoted assembly. Sturdy, simple and inexpensive, it communicated bumps … Continue reading
CHIUNE SUGIHARA—HERO OF LITHUANIA
STREETS IN Tel aviv, Israel, and in Kaunus and Vilnius, Lithuania, carry Chiune Sugihara’s name. Memorials in Jerusalem, Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo and Chestnut Hill, Massachuetts, celebrate his life. There’s … Continue reading
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