There’s good reason for the extended silence from the Bearded Mug camp: it picked up and moved over the last three months.
Read MorePrints, Downloadable Images and More Are Now Available From the Galleries.
Finally, the perfect way to breathe new life into your memories.
Read MoreHappy New Year: A Look Back on 2017.
As another year comes to a close, it's time again to top off the coffee and recap the adventures, the opportunities, and the progress made in building up the Bearded Mug brand.
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Lime Rock Park Goes Hot with LRDC's Opening Weekend.
The Lime Rock Driver's Club, a group of racers who are geared more towards perfecting their driving skill with a family-like vibe rather than an overtly competitive one, officially kicked off the 2017 season of tracking and autocross at Lime Rock Park on the weekend of April 7–8, 2017. Old Man Winter laid down his sword, although it was a bit overcast and breezy, and at least 14 cars made it onto the track, including a mashup of Miatas and a cadre of Caymans.
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Prestige Pulls No Punches for Their Concluding Warehouse Event.
This is it. The photographic events that Prestige held in a secluded warehouse, where they provided a spectacular setting and supplied sexy supercars, have come to an untimely end. The lease is up, quite literally, on what was hands-down the most clever way to mine for images. It will be missed, without a doubt, but as Neil Young put it best, "it's better to burn out than to fade away." And this last one certainly burned bright.
Read MoreA Plan of Attack on the 2017 Season.
As this post goes to the proverbial press, Mother Nature is contemplating whether or not to drop ice or rain on the northeast this weekend. Although March 2017 is nearly in the books, it feels like just yesterday that I was packing up my camera equipment in early December after what turned out to be the last C&C of 2016. Digital hibernation isn't really an option when you have folders upon folders of unedited pictures, but it was nice to at least give my shutter finger a few months rest from the regular action, the occasional commissioned work notwithstanding. But it's time to get back to it.
Read MoreIn Memoriam: Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car Magazine (2005–2017)
Yesterday evening I arrived home to find my final issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Cars waiting for me on my kitchen counter. That issue was different, both in the fact that it was wrapped in plastic protection, and that it contained a letter announcing it would be the ultimate issue. My favorite esoteric magazine had been the latest casualty in the ongoing war of print vs. digital.
Read MoreSlinging Snow in the Springtime 'Sphere with LRDC.
The Lime Rock Drivers Club, a sort of extended family of like-minded racers of varying levels of talent, met on one of the warmest days of winter to toss their cars around a snow-covered road course. I was invited to partake in the festivities and brought along my better half in snow boots, and a Golf R wearing summer shoes. This is our story.
Read MoreSeventh Heaven for Domenico Spadaro Memorial Drive.
The 7th Annual Domenico Spadaro Memorial Drive, for reasons beyond my comprehension, only marked my first attendance. The rally is a rolling tribute to Domenico Spadaro, master mechanic and the namesake of Domenick's European Car Repair, who joined the great garage in the sky at age 89 in 2009. Since 2010, the memorial drive has been a way for those who knew and loved him to honor his memory, by gathering on a Sunday afternoon to enjoy cars, food and friends, and by raising money to help fund the fight against cancer.
Read MoreThe Pomp and Circumstance of an Invite-Only Prestige Warehouse Affair.
In-depth Dean FM: Removing the Covers from a New Jersey Rock Band.
We've all been there. You're enjoying a beer with pals at the local pub while a band plays silently in the background. You don't take notice until they start rocking a tune that makes your ears perk up. If the talent of the hired hitmen is above par, your attention will most likely be gained. Your brain starts firing on those rock 'n roll cylinders. Your mood shifts into reminiscing mode as the once invisible on-stage rockers start flooding the crowd with hits from your younger days. This is Dean FM and that sequence of events is what they do best.
Read MoreSpots of Color on an Otherwise Grayscale Horizon.
Winter.
I have no use for this season. I don't ski. I don't snowboard. And there is no longer the need for the $15 I made from shoveling my elderly neighbor's driveway. The bitter cold doesn't excite me. My car doesn't look better on winter wheels and snow tires. Worst of all, there are minimal car shows. The colorless frontier spells perennial depression for some, while turning others into seasonal hermits.
Read MoreA Wedding, A Calendar and Photo'd Shows on the Back Burner.
There are big things brewing with Bearded Mug Media. It has been a great year for me, both personally and professionally, and I am excited for what the future brings to the brand. First and foremost, I am marrying the love of my life today. She has been extremely supportive of this venture, especially since I've been galavanting to car shows nearly every weekend over the summer.
Read MoreDon't Let Ein Falscher Apfel Spoil the Whole Volkswagen Bunch.
I love my Volkswagen. I've been the custodian to several of their offerings and my current 2010 GTI is the best car I've ever owned. I can rattle off random facts at will and have their logo discreetly tattooed on my person. I will not hesitate to suggest the Jetta or Passat to someone in the market for a quality sedan, including the color I think suits it best (toffee brown, night blue, respectively). I met a lot of my close pals through VWs and have made fantastic memories (some of which I cannot share here) at events that catered particularly to the German autos. To simply summarize, I have to thank Volkswagen for being such an integral part of my life.
Read MoreDead Battery Kills Coverage of Ferrari Concorso & Friends.
This story, as do most of my entries, starts with an alarm chiming at a time that mere mortals would prefer doesn't exist on weekend mornings. The Ferrari Concorso and Friends charity event takes place on LaSalle Road, in West Hartford, CT, which is approximately 2.5 hours north of me. Therefore, if I wanted to arrive when or before the cars did, which was predicted to start at 6 a.m., my alarm needed to grossly betray my sleep pattern. And it did.
Read MoreA Closer Look at Bentley's EXP 10 Speed 6 Concept.
Shown at a pop-up Bentley gallery during the New York International Auto Show, Bentley's EXP 10 Speed 6 concept is a pretty good indication of the future styling direction of the boys from Crewe.
Read MoreNYIAS: A Quick Preview.
Tomorrow morning my alarm will chime earlier than usual. I'm not getting up for work, but rather rising before the sun for a full day of automotive elation. Tomorrow, I will be attending the New York International Auto Show during a media day. Think less people, more pictures.
Read MoreSt. Patrick's Parade a Soaking Success.
It's been a week since the festivities of the Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade have passed. The rains are gone, as is much of the snow that lined the route. It takes a lot to cancel an annual event whose future planning starts nearly the day after it ends. And such was the case with the 2015 parade. The rain, hard at times, was enough to drive most of the spectators into the bars and off of the streets. But still the beat went on.
Read MoreThis Sterling Grey P1 features a host of custom touches from MSO - McLaren Special Operations.
Miller Motorcars McLaren P1x3 Event.
What would you rather be doing on a typical Saturday morning? Savoring some extra sleep, recouping from a late night out with pals? Enjoying a nice breakfast while DVR surfing on your couch? If you're anything like me, you'd much rather get up arm in arm with the sun and head to whatever car show is circled on your calendar. In this instance, after retiring to bed just before 3 a.m., I cut my overnight nap short and headed north to Greenwich, CT's Miller Motorcars. Continuing the momentum from January's Ferrari Cinque event, where they organized five of the marque's most prominent supercars, Miller gathered three of McLaren's P1 hypercar to be put on display in their Greenwich showroom.
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