TIME-MACHINE TOWNS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE VISITED THREE U.S. Small Towns residing in time-machines of sorts. Today in Part 2, dailypassport’s Marissa Kozma describes three more of these towns, one in my native Ohio, … Continue reading
TIME-MACHINE TOWNS PART 1
MARISSA KOZMA WRITES IN the dailypassport website about “6 U.S. Small Towns That Feel Like Stepping Back in Time”. Being well-travelled and of a certain age, I find that they … Continue reading
MY FAVORITE MODEL(S)—AND THE REAL ONE
THE JULY 2024 ISSUE OF Classic & Sports Car and subsequent sleuthing confirm that I am not the only person absolutely whacko about the 1933 Napier-Railton. The fact that I … Continue reading
AN OPERATIC HOLMES PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1 HAYLEY COYLE of BBC News reported on “What the Deuce? Sherlock Holmes Opera Debut.” A Matter of the Mysterious “The.” This new opera, “Sherlock Holmes and … Continue reading
AN OPERATIC HOLMES PART 1
SHERLOCK HOLMES (THE REAL ONE as we Sherlockians like to believe) has been portrayed in numerous films, at least thrice on the musical stage, once in a ballet—and now, according … Continue reading
EVOLUTION OF THE R+T ROAD TEST PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN DISCUSSING R+T’s INAUGURAL road tests in 1951. Various formats were assayed, though by midyear a standard format began to evolve. Here in Part 2, road test A-1-51 … Continue reading
EVOLUTION OF THE R+T ROAD TEST PART 1
JOHN R. BOND LIKELY CRIBBED the road test idea from Brit magazines. The Brits had been stylizing their presentations since the 1920s; the year 1951 was a pivotal one for … Continue reading
WHENCE WISDOM?
THE NICE NEWS WEBSITE, August 31, 2024, features an article by Rebekah Brandes titled “What Makes Someone Wise? Global Study Finds Cross-Cultural Agreement on 2 Major Factors.” How could one … Continue reading
WATCHING ONE’S MANNERS AT TABLE AND BAR
WHAT A NEAT MAP FROM REMITLY via Mental Floss! “The World’s Food and Drink Etiquette, Mapped,” is in concise formats foldable into one’s Baedeker’s. World travelers like me (hem hem) … Continue reading
A GENTLEMAN AND A THIEF—THIS ONE, FOR REAL
I’VE RECENTLY (RE)ENJOYED To Catch a Thief, that wonderful Cary Grant/Grace Kelly flick in which he portrays the consummate gentleman/thief. Not to say a nervous passenger in a Sunbeam Alpine‘s … Continue reading
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