Tweet Photo by Randy Stern Being smaller than the late John Candy, I had to admit playing to being very close to playing his part. Or, was it the Steve Martin character I was channeling? Put two-and-two together, and you are correct in discussing the two main actors from the late John Hughes' 1987 masterpiece …
TweetEven mature adult working professionals can be "kids in the candy store." How so? Put a group of people working within the same confines of their work – regardless of where they came from and other individual foibles they might have – and let them do what they love to do. The "geek" comes out …
TweetVictory & Reseda proudly supports the Twin Cities Goodtime Softball League and the Twin Cities Bears – one of 153 teams competing in the 2012 Gay Softball World Series. Welcome to the Twin Cities, softballers! All photos by Randy Stern When you have 153 teams from across North America, totaling about several thousand participants, how …
Tweet "Gee, I was just there…" Peace Plaza, looking west at the Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN. Photo by Randy Stern Yeah, that road trip I took? Well… When the motoring press evaluates an automobile, we try to put it into everyday situations. To maximize our evaluation scope, a long journey is employed to stretch …
Tweet One suggestion would be to meet these bubblers at the end of a very long journey. Photo by Randy Stern Just before the national holiday, global warming reared its ugly head. Record highs were noted in the South, where 100-plus degree (Fahrenheit) heat scorched in places where you thought they would not. Some cities …
This last road trip was, at best, interesting. I saw a friend in Madison and went around the place I once called home.
Since gas prices scaled up to $4.00 a gallon nationwide earlier this year, the North American automotive market saw a general shift towards smaller, more efficient vehicles. Benefitting from this downsizing shift is the small crossover segment. If you scour over the sales charts, you will notice the astounding growth in sales of these smaller utility machines.
We have all done it at least once in our lifetime. Whether it is a solo drive over miles of road or a family vacation, the absolute notion of freedom sets the road trip apart from anything we can set our minds to do. It is about forging a friendship between the driver and the undiscovered land.
TweetThe key to success in social media is engagement. Engagement is a huge thing to consider when you use Facebook, Twitter, Google+, blogs, Flickr, YouTube, etc. It is one thing to produce content, but it is another when people respond to it. It could be positive or negative, lame or robust. Still, when people read …
TweetNow, which journeys would Victory & Reseda take me? Can’t stop the questions, can I? There is a good reason why I’m asking these questions out loud. For an online automotive blog to differentiate itself from everyone else, one must find different approaches and way to keep you engaged. Somehow, it worked. In recent comments, …