The SEMA Show is a marathon. A test of endurance. Four days of automotive aftermarket wonders. Rumors state that if you walk every aisle, you would put 15 miles on your Chuck Taylors. That’s if you walk each aisle once.…
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SEMA 2011 Awards
We just returned from the SEMA Show and after going through the hundreds of photos, thought to give some credit to the award winners. Each SEMA Show there are several receptions for their councils. I usually go to the ARMO…
Bob’s Broiler 2nd Anniversary Car/Bike Show
A Historic Landmark Celebrates Two Years from the Wrecking Ball Bob’s Big Boy Broiler in Downey has been a landmark destination since the 1950’s. Hailed as a jewel of Googie architecture, this eatery has taken several forms and a lawsuit…
Long Beach Motorama 2011
Kustoms Come Alive From historic custom cars that withstand the test of time to drunken debaucherie on the grass. The Long Beach Motorama has it all. Sure there may be bigger shows, and last year the Motorama competed with the…
Tiki Highway – Fun in the sun on PCH
Aloha. Here’s where I may get a bit personal. I dig hawaiian kitsch. We recently joined Netflix at the house. Hawaii 5-0 is now in the top 5 “Recently Watched” programs. And, not the stupid new version, but the original…
Barrett-Jackson Auction OC 2011
An automotive circus. The OC Fairgrounds hosts many automotive events, Cruisin for a Cure, Labor Day Cruise, Good-guys Get-Together and many others. Last year was the first year for the famed SPEED channel favorite Barrett-Jackson Auction held at the Fairgrounds.…
Born Free 3 – the breeze in the knees
– Tony Colombini, photos: Billy Colombini This was the best damn show ever! There I said it. Grant and the boys should be held up to the heavens. I’ve been to a lot of bike events and the quality of…
A Back-Alley Car Show
The Daggers OC Car Club hosted a car show at Bigs Grill in Fullerton recently. After hitting a couple of other events, I rolled in there early in the afternoon as the show was just getting started. I almost missed…
Long Beach Roller Derby with the Mercifuls Car Club
Some of you recall our visit to the newly formed Long Beach Roller Derby last year, and this year we had to go again. The girls moved from flat-track concrete slab racing to an elevated banked wooden track, still under…
Rip’s BAD Ride 14 – A Nice Day in the Park.
It’s that time of year again when the biker nation gets together for what has been billed as the largest one-day motorcycle fundraising event in Southern California. The Rip’s B.A.D. Ride. In it’s 14th year, the BAD Ride has helped…
Rodeo Dr. Concours – Art of Italian Motoring
And now for something completely different… On Fathers Day weekend, we usually head out to the L.A. Roadsters Show at the Fairplex. This year with a little prodding by my boy Billy we invited my pop out to the Rodeo…
Viva Las Vegas Weekend Events
In Las Vegas, Easter bunnies and candy eggs are replaced with pomps and pinups as the Viva Las Vegas show rolls in to the Orleans. This was our first year at Viva and what a crazy time it was. On…