Issue 1348
June 10, 2026
 

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This week's column.

So true is this week's rant. I used to carry Canon film cameras everywhere, and took some pretty good pictures along the way. Then one day I just stopped as I wanted to fully enjoy what I was doing and who I was with rather than muck about with lenses and what not. Better experiences for doing so.

Funny how smells imprint memories. For me, it is my mother cooking bacon on a Sterno stove on the transom of my parent's boat early in the morning, in a cove we had moored in overnight. A heavenly smell and memory that is about 57 years old. And has bought tears to my eyes even now.

The Bentley is beautiful, the Audi is atrocious, Why? The interiors: would have to pry me out of the Bentley with a crowbar, and have to shove me into the Audi kicking and screaming.

DG
Berwick, Maine



No pics needed.

I think a lot people just need to unplug. Just yesterday I took on of those aimless cruises: up the 101 until it got too crowded, then over some random twisty mountain trails until I hit the road in Camarillo that lead to PCH. Hardly any music because of the reception. No phone. Just fresh sea air and the sound of a BMW straight six. I passed a young man in a 450SL, top down, with a sheepdog riding shotgun and a gorgeous Morgan Plus Four turning up by Pepperdine. And no, no pictures. I have those in my head.

Tom Pease
AE’s L.A.-based correspondent
Beverly Hills, California