Monday, January 14, 2008

MORNING COFFEE VISIT...


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Good Morning! I'll start off by reminding you that the ASPCA is sponsoring a great feature called "Mew" Year's Resolutions. This follows their Dog series, so don't worry. All creatures being equal, people with cats and dogs alike who are having any pet "issues" can click on their Logo located on the right-hand margin of my BLOG PAGE to submit questions receive answers to all sorts of pet challenges. Speaking of which, "Mr. Cat" has stopped visiting my neighbor, Jackie. I saw Jackie recently getting into her car with a cat box transporter and noticed that she has stopped setting out food and water for our gated community cat. Film at 11. Got a couple of minutes?...Visit Gunner Gillespie's Blogsite to wish him well as he continues to battle his cancer. Gunner is 7 years old and his site explains that he is enjoying collecting cool post cards of high structures that are interesting. Check it out for specifics. ...Blog Bud Lois Lane reminded me about two years ago that "All cool kids know about the 'Big Mac Bridge' " in my birthplace of Cincinnati, Ohio. Yes, as the name implies, it has a twin-arch span and is painted bright yellow as the beginning and end of Highway 471 in the downtown Riverfront area. So, on my "To Do" list for Monday is finding Gunner a cool post card of an interesting structure here in Arizona to mail him. ...I am half way through one of my Christmas presents:


Yes, a great book that is not a biography, but rather a focus on the late Steve McQueen's amazing and tasteful collection of cars, and motorcycles. As a certified motor head, I am enjoying reading about the gorgeous number 20 blue and orange Gulf Porche 917K used in the filming of his movie LeMans (conveniently featured below on this page). It turns out that this car and the Ferrari 512's were very short-lived in the grueling 24 hour race. For you Mini Cooper fans, Steve had a 1967 Cooper S (yeah, with the 1275 cc four power plant). Many of his cars can now be seen in Las Vegas at The Petersen Automotive Museum, joining its permanent "Cars of the Stars" collection.
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And now a house tour: ...well, no. Let's put that off for another day. Enjoy some good Coffee and have a great week!




What a dream!...
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9 Comments:

At 9:40 AM, Blogger P M Prescott said...

That's quite a car. AWSUMM indeed.

 
At 12:48 PM, Anonymous eveningmist said...

COol pics Michael!!...let me tell you that see that car in person must be autentic!!!wooooooooahhh!!amazing!!..
About the pic of the lovely dog...sooooo cute:)...I was last saturday paying a visit to my neighbour and someone brought her a lovely pet who she named: Jeronimo..as the Indian:)...and the dog is so little..just only a month...can u imagine how lovely is??..
By the way...greetings from here
Keep on reading u
lol
Maria

 
At 1:03 PM, Blogger Patti said...

Wow... just wow!

 
At 1:58 PM, Blogger Michael Manning said...

p m: There are so many interesting car stories in this book. Steve used to drop his young son off to school in a 1952 Hudson Wasp. It too is at the Peterson Museum now.

Maria: I would take you for a ride after breakfast but you would have to show me a race track first. The it would be YOUR turn to drive! :)

Patti: Somehow I can see you taking Maddie for a cool ride to the shopping enter in the Porsche! :D

 
At 2:42 PM, Blogger Fleur de Lisa said...

I've seen the Big Mac bridge many times on my trips to Cincy. I didn't know that is what it was called!

 
At 2:59 PM, Blogger Jean-Luc Picard said...

Now that is a car!

 
At 8:56 PM, Blogger Michael Manning said...

Lisa: Just remember: "All cool kids know about 'The Big Mac' bridge"! :D

jean-luc-picard: What's even cooler is that McQueen competed in the "12 Hours of Sebring" with none other than Peter Revson. Son Chad McQueen says guys are forever telling him to this day, "Your old man was bloody fast"!:)

 
At 9:13 PM, Blogger Dianne said...

I would have taken a ride with Steve McQueen in any car - heck a bicycle - I'd walk! I adored that man!

Cool that you give awareness to the ASPCA.

And now I'm off to say hi to Gunner and see what postcards I can find for him.

Happy end of Monday Michael.

 
At 3:52 AM, Blogger Michael Manning said...

Dianne: I would guess even Steve's son, Chad is forever surprised that 27 years after his death, he is so obviously beloved and missed. Little kids in the movie "The Kite Runner" (which rattled me) quote Steve from "The Magnifient Seven" in a movie house and even "Bullitt".

His widow, Barbara (who never knew him as a star) said their first date was dinner and a 4 hour motorcycle ride. David Letterman pressed her for details of that date but she politely refused!

Happy Week Dianne! :)

 

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