Mercedes-Benz Is Ready To Party

So what is the traditional gift for a 125-year anniversary, anyway? Mercedes-Benz will be celebrating the 125th anniversary of the January 29, 1886, filing of Karl Benz’s patent on his three-wheel “gas engine-powered vehicle,” which has been historically considered as the very first practical automobile. The two companies that would combine in 1926 to become […]

Nothing much changes

Put-in-Bay, Ohio, is about the only town of consequence on the North Bass, Middle Bass and South Bass islands north of Sandusky in Lake Erie. Big summer destination, normally reached by ferry, but it’s neat to see how the year-rounders up there adapt to winter and the icing over of the lake. Steve Donohoe pointed […]