Deutsche Bank will add a familiar name to it’s Supervisory Board: John Thain. You may remember John as the man who led Merrill Lynch to financial ruin.
(BroBible.com)
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Another Great Idea From This Group
HooptieCon Is Finally Proof You Can Have A ComicCon For Cars
In the way that everyone wants something cool to happen, but has no qualifications or desire to get off their ass and make something cool happen, I would say “They should do that, it would be awesome!” Well, after years of doing nothing about it myself, ‘they’ finally did. And they came up with HooptieCon.
In this case, the ‘they’ is Jay Lamm, the head honcho in charge of the 24 Hours of Lemons series for crapcan racers. While each Lemons race sees well in excess of 100 cars on track, and each car means a handful of racers through the gate, they weren’t getting much in the way of non-racing spectators. Lemons added a few events to their day, post racing, including an engine-heat barbecue contest, and an automotive-themed film festival they dubbed ‘CrapCannes.’ That was just the beginning, though.
Lamm, acting as something of an automotive culture Nick Fury, called upon some people in the automotive world who might be amenable to his plan. “I’m here to talk to you about The HooptieCon Initiative. I’m putting a team together,” he might have said if he was in a Marvel movie with an eyepatch. He asked Lemons offshoots Concours d’Lemons and Lemons Rally to gather their best and brightest, then reached out to Billetproof Hot Rods, the Gambler 500, The Arcane Auto Society and Radwood. A date was set, and a track was readied. Sonoma Raceway in late March.
(Jalopnik.com)
In the way that everyone wants something cool to happen, but has no qualifications or desire to get off their ass and make something cool happen, I would say “They should do that, it would be awesome!” Well, after years of doing nothing about it myself, ‘they’ finally did. And they came up with HooptieCon.
In this case, the ‘they’ is Jay Lamm, the head honcho in charge of the 24 Hours of Lemons series for crapcan racers. While each Lemons race sees well in excess of 100 cars on track, and each car means a handful of racers through the gate, they weren’t getting much in the way of non-racing spectators. Lemons added a few events to their day, post racing, including an engine-heat barbecue contest, and an automotive-themed film festival they dubbed ‘CrapCannes.’ That was just the beginning, though.
Lamm, acting as something of an automotive culture Nick Fury, called upon some people in the automotive world who might be amenable to his plan. “I’m here to talk to you about The HooptieCon Initiative. I’m putting a team together,” he might have said if he was in a Marvel movie with an eyepatch. He asked Lemons offshoots Concours d’Lemons and Lemons Rally to gather their best and brightest, then reached out to Billetproof Hot Rods, the Gambler 500, The Arcane Auto Society and Radwood. A date was set, and a track was readied. Sonoma Raceway in late March.
(Jalopnik.com)
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
The Vacation Home Of My Dreams
This California Villa With A Vineyard, 100-Car Garage, And Its Own 1950s Diner Is Freaking Incredible
We’ve seen a lot of mansions that one would consider a “dream home,” but this California villa currently up for sale that has a vineyard, a 100-car garage, and its own 1950s diner is literally where I want to go when I die. And the price tag is actually very reasonable.
Located on 80 acres of land in Fairfield, 20 minutes from Napa, Villa De Madre is currently is listed for just $12.9 million. You will understand why I say “just” in a few moments.
The Villa De Madre Estate has 63 acres of cabernet vineyards, while the 22,882-square-foot main home boasts marble fireplaces, hand-painted murals, a living room with a 40-foot-tall ceiling, a double winding staircase, an indoor pool covered by a ceiling of glass, six bedrooms, eight baths, an in-law apartment, a wine cave, and an elevator.
There is also a chef’s kitchen with three ovens, four freezers and built-in step stools. And oh yeah, all of the furnishings come with the home.
The two car barns are a re-creation of a typical 1950s Main Street with storefront facades and a diner with a working soda fountain.
You also get a four-bedroom caretaker’s cottage and a 24,000-square-foot vineyard equipment barn because, as SFGate reports, “the vineyards provide grapes for making up to 150,000 bottles of wine and olive trees provide ample crop for bottling your own olive oil.”
(BroBible.com)
We’ve seen a lot of mansions that one would consider a “dream home,” but this California villa currently up for sale that has a vineyard, a 100-car garage, and its own 1950s diner is literally where I want to go when I die. And the price tag is actually very reasonable.
Located on 80 acres of land in Fairfield, 20 minutes from Napa, Villa De Madre is currently is listed for just $12.9 million. You will understand why I say “just” in a few moments.
The Villa De Madre Estate has 63 acres of cabernet vineyards, while the 22,882-square-foot main home boasts marble fireplaces, hand-painted murals, a living room with a 40-foot-tall ceiling, a double winding staircase, an indoor pool covered by a ceiling of glass, six bedrooms, eight baths, an in-law apartment, a wine cave, and an elevator.
There is also a chef’s kitchen with three ovens, four freezers and built-in step stools. And oh yeah, all of the furnishings come with the home.
The two car barns are a re-creation of a typical 1950s Main Street with storefront facades and a diner with a working soda fountain.
You also get a four-bedroom caretaker’s cottage and a 24,000-square-foot vineyard equipment barn because, as SFGate reports, “the vineyards provide grapes for making up to 150,000 bottles of wine and olive trees provide ample crop for bottling your own olive oil.”
(BroBible.com)
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