Connor Woolpert has found a way to do what every person consumed by wanderlust dreams — finding a way to make a living traveling. The explorer bug bit Woolpert, now 23, early. From a young age, he traveled with his father — hiking, surfing and camping all […]
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Screen Idol: The Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster in Palm Springs
The heat is already rising off the jewel-coloured cars in front of the new Palm Springs Ritz Carlton and its not even 8.30am. Its September in the Coachella Valley and the summer heat is yet to release its vice-like grip. Before me are six V12 […]

Judgin’ at the Concours d’LeMons: Grease and Villiany
The fog hasn’t yet lifted on the Monterey Peninsula and I’m standing around what has affectionately been temporarily renamed “Goose Shit Park.” A collection of rusted out, Bondo bodied, barely running cars are still rolling in past our picnic table to find their allocated […]

Splitting the Hairs of Luxury in the Kia Cadenza
Splitting the difference in luxury is like splitting hairs. Does luxury maintain its appeal if it’s available to nearly everyone? Kia thinks so, and with the new 2017 Cadenza, the automaker is targeting anyone who has ever wanted lots of premium features and miles […]

Why I Really Want a Mercedes-Benz Adventure Van
In an unmarked warehouse just outside of Charleston, South Carolina, wooden crates and cardboard boxes are waiting. Hulking, nondescript masses sit on shelves and floors around the warehouse. When it’s time, the half-assembled shells glide smoothly out of their protective shipping containers and onto […]

Driving the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cabrio in Slovenia
There is something romantic about cruising through a place that feels still somewhat wild and untouched. A place that has served as the crossroads for trade, culture, and war for centuries has plenty of stories to tell in its red-starred roadside markers and tiny houses […]

Eater Austin–Writing About the World of Food
I occasionally write for publications outside of the automotive realm and as a big foodie and fitness fanatic, I like to stretch my skills a bit and see what I can do. Recently I did a short trial with Eater Austin and put together a […]

First Drive: Mercedes-Benz C300 Coupe
The hipsters are dead. Long live the hipsters … or the yuccies. Or whatever you want to call them. Portland, Maine, is a city that’s grown more in the past 10 years than it has in the last 50. Though still peppered with lobstermen […]

Producing for PBS and Steve Adubato
I regularly work for various television outlets including WNET and PBS based in the tri-state area. Recently, I had the opportunity to produce a number of guests for Steve Adubato, a four-time Emmy Award winning anchor based in the New York Area. I had the […]

Why One Small Business Pays More Than Minimum Wage
While doing some work for Forbes Brand Voice, I had the chance to meet two incredible women–who started their own sweet business in Brooklyn, NY–and are making it big today. The best part? They don’t pay their employees minimum wage – because they believe their […]

Will F1 ever be as Popular as NASCAR?
I spent this last weekend milling about with the well-hooved attendees of the third F1 race at the famed Circut of the Americas track in Austin to find out if F1 can make inroads in a tough U.S. market. I had a chance to sit […]

Alfa Romeo’s 4C — a Throwback to Better Driving Days
While I was in Pebble Beach for the annual Concours D’Elegance, I had the opportunity to drive the new Alfa Romeo 4C. It was a fun, physical machine — and it turned a number of heads despite being surrounded by some of the most expensive […]