EV POLE-TO-POLE!
A TECHNOLOGY REPORT IN SAE International Automotive Engineering, April 2024, caught my eye: Cami Buchholz’ “All-Electric Nissan Ariya Handles Ultra-cold Temps on Pole to Pole Trek.” What’s this? What about … Continue reading
SNACKIN’ ‘ROUND THE GLOBE
DAUGHTER SUZ RECEIVED A NEAT-O GIFT from a friend: a subscription to Universal Yums, a company that can provide a box of snacks from a particular foreign country each month. … Continue reading
PEKING TO PARIS—1907
THE CHALLENGE WAS SET by the Paris newspaper Le Matin on January 31, 1907: “What needs to be proved today is that as long as a man has a car, … Continue reading
CARFREE (CAREFREE?) LOCALES PART 2
BARCELONA’S SUPERBLOCK CONCEPT was Part 1’s topic yesterday. We continue today with more locales developing the idea of carfree (and maybe more carefree?) urban areas. Ginza Strolling. As noted by … Continue reading
CARFREE (CAREFREE?) LOCALES PART 1
IT MAY SOUND HERETICAL FROM A CAR GUY, but I see nothing wrong with selected portions of cities and towns being carfree. And, indeed, they may well be carefree as … Continue reading
A GIFTED LIFE OF TRAVEL
HAVING JUST READ THE DISCOVERER BLOG’S “12 Types of Trips Everyone Should Take in Their Lifetime,” I am all the more certain that I’ve had a gifted life of travel. … Continue reading
FRIDGE MAGNETS PART 2
TODAY IN PART 2, WE CONTINUE RECALLING life’s adventures embodied in refrigerator magnets, inspired by Linda Geddes’ article in The Guardian. These magnets do so much more than just attach … Continue reading
MAGNETIC MEMORIES PART 1
“FRIDGE MAGNETS,” LINDA GEDDES WRITES in The Guardian, March 18, 2024, “Can be Cool Aid to Holiday Memory Recall, Study Finds.” Linda says, “Whether holding up shopping lists or hastily … Continue reading
MANNEY ON/IN EUROPE
“TO R&T READERS OF A CERTAIN AGE,” I wrote awhile back (October 7, 2022), “Henry N. Manney III was Yr. Fthful Srvt covering Formula One back before the sport sought … Continue reading
MY BRIGHTEST (ALBEIT SHARPEST) OF SOUTHERN ITALY
OF ALL MY BAEDEKER’S GUIDE BOOKS, my Southern Italy is in the best condition. A 1912 edition, it’s far from the newest. Yet its spine is tight, its pages unruffled, … Continue reading
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