Supercar Sunday - 2 Fast but Not So Furious

Where did we leave off?

Oh, that's right...At Supercar Sunday at the Westfield Promenade Mall in Woodland Hills.  If you're ever in the LA area on a Sunday and you like to look at cars, this is your place. Every Sunday local supercar owners bring their amazing rides to the parking lot to see and be seen.  

On this particular Sunday, there were a lot of Ferraris with other cars, both vintage and current, thrown in.  And of course, the McLarens come out to play.  

Every since I was a little chica, I've dreamed of having a Corvette.  I'll take these two please!

At the show, I could indulge my fantasies with all kinds and colors.  If you missed the previous post with the Fast and the Furious 1963 Corvette, you can find it HERE.

Let's get on with the cars!

Talk about vintage!  This is a 1926 Bugatti

This was one of the few Lamborghinis that I saw on that particular day. 

I love this silver Camaro!  Another dream growing up and I still want one. 

And last, but not least, as I was leaving actually, I saw a sight that made me turn my ass around. The Captain America Mobile.   Two vehicles were pulling into the parking lot that were eye-catching, mostly because of their wraps.  And of course because they're SuperCars!  

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.  

Breathtaking.

Next time I'm in LA, I'll be there at the show, drooling and dreaming.  Hope to see you there!

xoxo

Supercar Sunday ~~ I Feel the Need for Speed! 5/3/15

Yeah, I know it's not Sunday...the Sunday in the title relates to the day I happened upon a Supercar Sunday car show in Los Angeles while I was on my way to Sacramento via Santa Barbara.

I had got up pretty early to head back to town from visiting my daughter and was driving down the 10 towards downtown when I caught sight of what looked like a Ferrari flying up behind me.  It went past at a decent speed and I thought that it was just a quick blessing to my car fetish.

Nope.  After a minute, two more supercars came  up behind me; this time there was a Maserati and another Ferrari.  And then, a group of about 30 Mustangs - old and new - surrounded me.  Some of these guys were driving like assholes, which is never fun, but in that large of a group?  So reckless.

But it confirmed for me that they were heading towards some kind of car show.  Being me...I followed.  And hit the mother lode.

And that photo is of cars that were not really in the car show.  Just people like the ones who had flashed by me on the highway.

What follows are tons of photos of amazing cars.  Some cars like you've never seen and one car you probably have.  In a movie.  Namely The Fast and The Furious.  I'm going to bookend this post with a car manufacturer that more people should be familiar with.

McLaren Automotive

A McLaren P1 GTR to be precise.  The top of the line, a supercar that even some supercar fans haven't heard of.

I first became acquainted with McLaren when I met a rich dude in Sacramento who had one.  It was a thing of beauty and he educated me in our very short acquaintance. Whenever I see one, it feels like I just ate a piece of cake. Yummy.

More pictures of this baby later but here's his younger brother.

The "regular" P1.  Looking hot in silver and black.

A successful University of Southern California alum was there showing off his candy-apple red Ferrari.  (Fingers crossed that my own USC alum will buy me one of these someday.)

The McLaren autos were obviously the stars of the show and were in the top row.  Then, row after row of fabulous cars were lined up.  Mostly Ferrari's both young and old and in all your prototypical supercar colors.

But of course there were other brands sprinkled in.  Such as this cherry Maserati that was adorably being admired by a kid in a cherry shirt.

There were also cars for sale, such as this 29 year old Ferrari.  I almost snapped it up.  But I only had $69,999.00 in my bank account.  Shoot.  Just $10,000 short!

These three supercar owners were jockeying for the best parking spot.

I have another acquaintance who has a Maserati.  He only drives it on the weekends and his other vehicle is a truck.  I wish I could post sound, because the engine of a Maserati purrs and growls like a panther.  Beautiful.

Ferrari duel

All right, here ya go.  This is the actual car from Fast and the Furious.  A beautiful, silver 1963 Corvette.  With it's "action figure" because it's a star!

And speaking of vintage Corvettes, there was a lovely blue model in the next row.

And then he left.

There was also the awesome BreastCar! #FightCancer Very cool.

I'm going to finish up this post with a few more shots of the McLarens, but rest assured, I have more fabulous car photos to come.

And baby got BACK!

Good night!

xoxo

Luck of the Irish ~~ St Patrick's Day in Sacramento 2015

The weekend prior to St. Patrick's Day was a confluence of events that made going to the free Sacramento St. Patrick's Day Parade a must:  

1)  I was completely broke.

2)  Adrienne was in town from L.A.

3) My sister came to town from San Francisco.

So, rather than sit in my tiny apartment and stare at each other (or force Rose to watch One Direction videos like normal), we looked for free and fun events to check out.  I like parades so I convinced my fam to head down to Old Sacramento with me. 

We got there pretty early and snagged a good spot near the end of the line by the reviewing booth.  While we were waiting, Rose and Adrienne walked around the shops while I saved the seats and assuaged my boredom by photographing the surrounding buildings.

Pretty soon, the booth was set up and interesting people were about, giving me new targets for my lens. 

Did I mention that it was bloody hot?  Thanks global warming :/  That didn't deter some ladies from breaking out the period dress.  

There were adorable dogs...

And awesome hats...

(I love the picture above.  I don't know why...It's just cool.  And I want that hat.  And he's happy.)

And you cannot have an Irish parade without bagpipes.  It is known.

Love this closeup of the wheels and buckets on the extremely "vintage" fire wagon.

Quite a contrast to our modern day beasts.  Thank you firemen!!  Especially these days.  Thank you.

The ladies on this float give new meaning to the term Sin City (the effect I used to edit the photo.)

And the cops are following close behind.  Arrests imminent? 

That mustache tho!

OMG, I don't know what kind of car this is (well, I do...it's an "Allard" but I've never heard of it).  It was amazing.  All chrome and cool lines.  The photos don't do it justice. 

From horsepower to horses...two of my favorite things at parades are cars and horses.  And they had some gorgeous horses and cars at this parade.

I just love how these two beauties look like a mirror image.  

We momentarily interrupt the beau!tiful horses for some more crazy humans in period dress

And, like the fire fighters, I have to give special respect to the Drowning Accident Rescue Team (DART).  Not only for bringing this adorable pit bull puppy in their truck, but also for the lives they rescue from our rivers every summer.

And now back to your regularly scheduled horses.

Oh, he's hot, poor baby.  It was very hot for March, lemme tell you. 

There were a couple of different Stunting teams that performed.  My friend Gracie does this, although this is not her team.  

It was pretty frightening on the cobblestones!

Well folks, that's pretty much the end!  Wooo Hooo!

And we're out.

xoxo