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Auto Show Season: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
January 23, 2013 6:43 pm Drive-ing Questions, Featured Articles, Special InterestMaybe there’s a little hyperbole in my title, but is there a better way to cure the winter doldrums than shiny new cars? OK, there are a few better remedies, but let’s not rain on the parade. It’s Auto Show season, people! I’m fascinated by cars and love to dream about purchasing them. (Yes, just [...]
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The Best Month for a Road Trip? Four Reasons it’s October
September 26, 2012 12:20 pm Drive-ing Questions, Featured Articles, On The Road, Safety on the Road, Special InterestI’m going out on a limb and declaring October the best month for a road trip. Do I have meteorological data, research, or a Gallup® poll to back me up? No, I’m just basing it on my experiences. Here’s what October has going for it: The color! Summer may have temperatures and spring may have [...]
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It’s not the Size of the Engine That Counts. Or is it?
July 27, 2012 2:27 pm Auto, Drive-ing Questions, On The Road, Special InterestI remember it clearly. With my car on the fritz, my dad allowed me to drive his 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass to school. I was leaving to go home when two guys came up to me. “Is that your car?” they asked. “It’s my dad’s,” I replied. “He has to fix mine so he let me [...]
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Fireworks and the Fourth: 9 Tips For Safe Celebrations
July 2, 2012 6:53 pm Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, Safety At HomeI love a good professional fireworks show. I’ve watched the 4th of July Fireworks from the West Side highway in NYC. I’ve witnessed the pyrotechnics for what used to be the Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival from high up in a building on Woodward Ave. But I’ll admit — I’m not a huge fan of consumer [...]
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A Terrible Distinction for the 4th of July
June 28, 2012 4:46 pm Conversation Thread, Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, Safety At HomeIf you’re like many Americans, you’re heading out on the road for the 4th of July. You might be heading to a beach, a barbeque, a family gathering or a fireworks show. Anytime you get behind the wheel, there’s risk involved. But over the 4th of July, the risk is increased. According to National Highway [...]
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Teen Driving=Big Responsibility
May 14, 2012 9:40 am Featured Articles, On The Road, Safety on the Road, Teen DriversCruising down the strip in my mini-van, windows down, friends in tow, listening to some sort of 90’s hair band without a care in the world…now that was the life. I remember how fun it was to finally turn 16, drive around the town feeling 100 feet tall because I was an adult (in my [...]
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Drunk Driving without Actually Drinking? Welcome to Drowsy Driving town.
May 3, 2012 11:04 am Auto, Featured Articles, On The RoadI have visited this so-called drowsy driving town once or twice. It’s when you are so sick or tired or just plain sleep deprived that it is actually hard to keep your eyes open, let alone concentrate on the road. Case in point; last week I had the flu and hadn’t slept more than two [...]
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It’s Time for Spring Cleaning!
April 11, 2012 11:49 am Featured Articles, Home Sweet Home, MaintenanceI’m getting ready to tackle my favorite yearly task — spring cleaning. (If only there was a font that denotes sarcasm.)I’d rather be carefully plotting my plans to procrastinate and ignore my spring cleaning.But since magical spring cleaning elves don’t exist, I’m making my list. Fortunately, Foremost’s My Great Home website has an easy-to-follow checklist [...]
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A Bumper to Bumper Sea of…White and Silver
November 28, 2011 11:06 am Auto, Drive-ing Questions, Featured Articles, On The Road, Special InterestI love “fun colors.” That’d be anything bright, jewel-toned, or found in the rainbow — basically anything not black or white. I love wearing them — especially in the winter. I love living in them — my home’s color palette is “Inspiration of the Wine Country” with walls painted sage, merlot, burgundy, grape and tonal [...]
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Baby This Computer Can Drive My Car
September 30, 2011 1:55 pm Auto, Drive-ing Questions, On The Road, Special InterestWe all know that technology changes at a rapid pace. (Have you seen this ad from 1996 that surfaced recently? It feels a lot older than its mere fifteen years.) Every time I see a commercial for car on TV, it feels as if the automakers are in a race to equip their vehicles with [...]
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