May 7 (Bloomberg) — Escape from Beijing: That’s the plan. All week the capital has been beset by a thick scrim of pollution, followed by rain, then more thick haze. I’m shocked that I never see the sun for five straight days. So I hire a driver and flee north.
Two hours later, I’m hiking along a rough-and-tumble part of the Great Wall, high above the haze and completely alone. On any good trip there’s a crystalline moment when it’s all worth it, and this is mine. (more…)
Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) — Are you absolutely mad for something? Civil War re-enactments perhaps, “Seinfeld” episodes, scrapbooking? When you discourse on that interest, do friends flee? Does your mate bring up the words “trial separation?”
If that obsession is driving, then the latest Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is for you. If the TV character Monk was into cars, the Evo would be his ride. (more…)
July 30 (Bloomberg) — Strange coincidence that when I fire up the 2008 Dodge Challenger’s snorting Hemi V-8, the 1971 Don McLean song “American Pie” blasts through the speakers. Like fashion and music, what’s old in cars will eventually be new again. (more…)
