THE (UNINTENDED) WIT OF SAMUEL GOLDWYN
HOLLYWOOD MAGNATE Samuel Goldwyn had a marvelous way with the English language. More often than not, English placed second. I recently came across a great line attributed to him: “ … Continue reading
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT PUZZLES AND DELIGHTS
ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT continues to puzzle and delight. He designed a building to celebrate flat objects with nary a flat wall, yet it functions splendidly. He defined an office … Continue reading
WE KEEP SHEEP, Y’KNOW
THIS ALL STARTED with Wife Dottie and Panaramus, her childhood pet lamb, who climbed the hay bale stack with her and the dogs. Years later, Wife Dottie learned the art … Continue reading
YIPPEE CAHIER
BERNARD CAHIER, PHOTO-JOURNALIST extraordinaire, represented R&T in Europe over four decades. I recall reading of his adventures with the Formula One contingent back in the 1950s; I had the pleasure … Continue reading
NANOPOROUS FABRICS MAY KEEP US COOL
THE SAME SCIENTIFIC principle that explains a blue sky might bring new fabrics that keep us cool. Researchers have recently engineered polyethylenes that are measurably better than cotton or “cool” … Continue reading
EARLY AVIATION MOVIES
I WAS BROWSING in Aeroplane (or Flying machine) Scrap Book Number 3 1911-1941 and read an ad for an early aviation flick, The Air Mail, 1925. This got me wondering … Continue reading
THE ORIGIN OF WINE
SAVEUR IS MY FAVORITE culinary magazine. It’s more than a collection of recipes, some straightforward and others exotically complex. Saveur is also a travel magazine, exploring how people around the … Continue reading
PREPARE FOR EUROPE ’06
WHY CONSULT A TRAVEL BOOK that’s already 10 years old? No, make that 110. I’ve just been armchair traveling with a woman named H.A. Guerber and I’m having a ball. … Continue reading
RIFFS FROM BECK AND LUTZ
JEFF BECK, rock guitarist of Yardbirds fame, and Bob Lutz, auto executive extraordinaire, have more in common than I might have thought. Both are elder statesmen: Beck, 72; Lutz, 84. … Continue reading
A STOCK CAR, A RENAMED GERMAN AND A FAVORITE BOLIDE
TO CONTINUE MY perusing R&Ts of six decades ago, I share a few tidbits from February 1956. Among them are a test of a Ford NASCAR, a Letter to the … Continue reading
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