Mr. Unlucky’s Almanack

Responding to a radio ad for an event called "Wine & Cars Under the Stars," I raced over Saturday night to the Fairplex Pomona (Calif.) and Wally Post’s NHRA Museum.

My coverage of the event itself is on my other blog at Le Food News, but here I just want to focus on some American nostalgia.

Wine & Cars, obviously, featured automobiles along with food and drink.  The NHRA Museum was fascinating with its array of speed-setting vehicles, but out back where the food and alcohol were being served, Roadsters Los Angeles and other clubs had their babies on display, many custom, some meticulously restored–repristinated as the late Bill Buckley would say.

I fell in love with the 1947 Cadillac convertible pictured here.  I was dying to learn more about it, so I ventured back until I found the owner with the car.

Unfortunately, the jerk was so arrogant that I kept thinking, "No wonder al Qaeda has us in their crosshairs."  (The lady pictured is just a wine server, not the owner.)

Therefore, no picture of said jerk, nor mention of his name.  I bothered getting neither, just walked away with a distaste in my mouth.  I quickly recovered with a nice Mount Gay Rum and ginger ale, just the drink for a warm spring night under the stars and alongside the cars.

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