5 Books for Road Trips
On the Road by Jack Kerouac Probably the most famous road trip book ever written, Kerouac’s fictionalization of his cross-country wanderings is known as the book of the Beat Generation, immortalizing the counterculture of drugs, jazz and emerging masculinity exemplified by writers like William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Kerouac himself. Retrace any of the [...]
Merry Christmas and a Car Window
It’s Christmas Eve and my first one with a guest in tow. Marvin is excited to be spending the holiday with my family, yet uncertain about what to expect. But I know all-too-well what comes with a Clapis Family Christmas. Fried dough with brown sugar and cinnamon is already wafting through the rooms of my [...]
A Crash Course in Car Care
This post was previously published in my other blog, Not Another Wave. Before I begin this post, it needs to be stated for the record that I have a lot of pride. I’ve always been the person who couldn’t stand to ask for help because that would somehow imply weakness on my part. As a [...]
Drive Me Crazy
by Lisa My brother-in-law is a car guy. You know, he reads magazines about cars, fixes up cars, goes to car shows, owns a pretty 2010 Camaro, wants to drive in rallies, and so on. After being with him for over ten years, my sister is now a car girl (though her preferred car is a [...]
Tiny Triumphs, Puny Pleasures
It’s the Little Things That You Remember by Lisa When I stood underneath George Washington’s nose at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, I thought, this is what this road trip is about: looking up George Washington’s nose – er, I mean, seeing all of these wonders up close and in person rather than in photos or [...]
Let’s Get Mechanical
Things Every Go Girl Should Know About Her Car by Lisa If you’re anything like me, you look at the insides of a machine and think, “ew.” All those little parts, fitting together just so, in a way that you just know that if you mess with it you’ll damage everything beyond repair. It’s almost worse [...]
