November 3rd, 2016 – Most of you out there have seen Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, right? If not, seriously, what are you waiting for?? Shockingly, my hubby falls into that latter category. I know, I know… he’s weird. Anyway, if you’re amongst the NORMAL people out there, you’ll remember the scene where Pee Wee visits the…
My Feller has a saying: “Nobody ever listens to old Brian!” In this case? He was right. I should have listened. When I bought my ’48 Ford in 2006, the truck had a barely running mid-50s OHV6–not the coolest motor. For Christmas that same year, Brian surprised me with a flathead, an early 50s Mercury…
TORRANCE, CA: So you drive a classic car, but how much do you know about the fashion of the era from which your car came? Like for instance, I drive a 1948 Ford F1. I’m thinking big shoulder pads, narrow-waisted jackets and skirts… or pants if you go the menswear route, like Katharine Hepburn. What…
SIMI VALLEY, CA – Much as I love them, my spotlight-lovin’ motorcycles have been dominating this blog, but I can’t blame them. While Bondorella gets her weekly exercise, she hasn’t had any grand adventures lately, nothing thrilling enough to write about. I mean, how many times can I say “my truck is so pretty”? (She…
[Cue the mushy music…] Over time, relationships change. Love shifts to something deeper and more meaningful. Things that were new, become old, more comfortable, easy in a way, but with a magic a new thing could never have. It happens with people, and it happens with things. [Man! Someone must have slipped some sap into…
Seriously. How perfect is this house for Bondorella? They’re twins! Granted, together they could blind aliens, but it would BE SO WORTH IT! What is it? The Dymaxion House (formerly) in Rose Hill, Kansas photo circa. 1949–one of only two prototypes of the R. Buckminster Fuller-designed prefab house, donated in 1991 to the Henry Ford…
Easter morning, we were layin’ around be lazy, waitin’ for the Easter Bunny to bring us chocolate (which he never did-the rat!) when Brian read online about a bike/car show at the Irvine Farmer’s Market… and heck… we needed some organic produce anyway, so we rolled out of bed, hopped in Bondorella, and headed to…
Every summer when I was a teenager, we’d escape the Arizona heat and spend a couple weeks on the California beaches, and I fell in love, not only with the beauty and the nice cool weather, but with the ocean. I swore when I moved to California someday, I’d learn to surf. I did in…