The Habit Burger Grill
Voted the best hamburger by Consumer Reports (with McDonalds at last), I come here on Saturdays to begin my mundane weekend tasks. Their burgers are good, but not great. A…
The Santa Anna Winds
The Santa Anna winds are back – brewing up brown clouds from the yet-to-be-developed over-priced suburban wastelands; 100 F today but no word of fires – yet, thank god. After…
Three Exotics
I don’t have a grasp of the world of small airplanes, as I spent most of my time working on really big ones. But given there are thousands of small…
My Home-Away-from-Home Home Gym
I’ll admit it – I am an aging baby boomer in total denial. As long as Paul McCartney remains alive and in relatively good health I am fine, as he’s…
Doing my part to save water – without even knowing it!
I got this massive 4 bedroom house rental in California simply because it’s three minutes away from my client’s site at the Chino Airport, and it was only a few…
Ventura Harbor Revisited
In the early 1980’s I had lost my top secret job in aerospace and was rescued by my high school buddy Donny Laing. He brought me up from LA to…
Pacific Coast Highway Revisited
So rule Number 2 (Number 1 being live close to the client in a comfortable dwelling) is to create an adventure one day every week. I had forgotten how long…
Flying Sports Car
Here's the sweet little flying sport car that I will qualify the wing and fuselage CFRP structure to the FAA. I'd forgo my salary if they just gave me one!…