The idea started innocently enough. In the early spring of 2022, it occurred to me that few people travel to Germany in late October. By then, Oktoberfest is over, it’s too early to ski and the Christmas markets have not gone into full swing. 2022 was going to be the year that I get to…
I grew up in Pittsburgh and remain a Steelers football fan. Although I have not lived in the ‘Burgh in a long time, I have roots to the city that run deep. Living in Maryland for more than 20 years has not changed my affinity for the Pittsburgh sports franchises. My boys are different. I’ve…
We can all get by with less stuff. The reality is that what we all consider necessary has changed over time. Stripped down to its core we need food, water, clothes and shelter. Everything else is varying degrees of want. In my lifetime alone many things like cars, cell phones, internet, cable TV, and oh…
I’ll admit it. I love the sound of an internal combustion engine sports car. The visceral feelings evoked from shifting, the smells and the rattles are transportive. Yet, this is not why I have no interest in electric cars. I’m all for having a light touch on the planet. If electric cars are better for…
Pursuing an executive MBA and new weekend morning routines moved some priorities around. Now that the EMBA is in the bag I made some time to return to making a few sketches.
I don’t play with Hot Wheels cars (anymore), but I sure do like taking pictures of them. I’ve been a sports car guy as long as I can remember. My room as a kid had the usual posters of any teenage boy from the ’80s. The prized posters were of Farrah Fawcett (yes that one),…
Many of my earliest memories are from around four to five years old. These years stick in the corners of my mind. In specific, this is a period when I recall spending the most time with my mother. As the youngest in my family, my siblings were either grown and out of the house or…
Being a middle class child of the 70’s and 80’s, flying was not something we did. Being part of a big a family with parents that did not do debt meant we kept vacations to a minimum. The first time I flew was to basic training for the U.S. Air Force at 18 years old….
Before the pandemic, I took our dog (Flash) for a walk around the lake near our house a few days per week. Not long into the lock downs, the walks turned into five mornings a week. The habit has stuck and has provided more physical and mental benefits than I can count on two hands….
Way back in 2019, my youngest son and I were considering a visit to the Porsche only swap meet in Hershey, PA. We did not make it there in 2019, then the pandemic hit. 2022 was a whole different story. Since 2019, I actually put a Porsche in my garage and joined the Porsche Club…