*The photo at the top is just a picture of a Panamera I happened to take at the Gusto restaurant I visited today. It has nothing to do with this article, lol. Why Write About Porsche and Nothing Else? The other day, I showed my blog to someone I know, and they asked, “Why don’t you write about cars other than Porsche?” It got me thinking, and for now, I don’t plan to write about...
Porsche’s 70th Anniversary Fair Yesterday, I stopped by the Porsche 70th Anniversary Fair at my local Porsche Center. I also needed an oil change before heading to Fuji Speedway on June 16 and 17, so it was the perfect opportunity. (I’ll share the cost and details of the oil change in a later post.) And, to be honest, I was also hoping to get the promotional placemat（笑） ＊Source: Porsche 70th Anniversary page My husband said...
My Husband and I See Things Very Differently To get right to it, I’m the kind of person who thinks, “As long as I get the gist, that’s good enough.” I’m happy once I understand about 60 percent, and I get bored easily, so I tend to know a little about a lot. I also almost never read the manual when I buy an appliance. Going through a thick instruction book sounds like a chore...
Should I Send My Daughter to Daycare? When my older daughter was born, I couldn’t wait to get her into daycare. As a first-time parent, I was overwhelmed and found it hard to spend every minute of the day with her, so I enrolled her when she was six months old. My younger daughter is a different story. Maybe I’ve fallen under the spell of having a second child… She’s so adorable that I just...
A Car Ride Can Make It Easier to Talk About the Things You Usually Don’t When you’re in a car, it somehow feels easier to talk about things you don’t usually bring up. On long family drives, the kids usually fall asleep on the way home, and that’s when my husband and I end up talking about all kinds of things. What’s been happening lately, how we’ve been feeling, what matters to us right now,...
Porsche Experience Day 2018 Yesterday, Mr. H, our contact at the Porsche dealership we use, kindly made a special trip to our home to deliver our tickets for Porsche Experience Day 2018. Inside were guest passes like this one, and a parking pass. You’ll need to show this pass to park in the guest parking area. (I took a photo, but it came out too dark, so I borrowed this image.) Apparently, our dealership alone...
Share Your Love of Cars as a Couple Every now and then, I get comments and messages on the blog saying things like, “I’m jealous that you and your husband can share a passion for cars.” It makes me wonder: are most wives really not that interested in cars? Until about three years ago, I had absolutely no interest in cars. In fact, I used to think, “Cars are such a luxury—we don’t need one...
A Long-Overdue Heart-to-Heart Yesterday, both kids went to bed unusually early, so my husband and I had a long-overdue heart-to-heart about life. And we were completely sober (neither of us drinks). I can’t remember how we got onto the subject, but at one point we found ourselves saying: “Everyone who’s successful seems to say the same thing: just do what you want to do.” That led me to reflect: “I think I might be happier...
A True Sanctuary for Car Lovers When I visited Café Seven the other day, I was treated to a lineup of Porsches you don’t often see. It more than lived up to its reputation as a sanctuary for car enthusiasts. (That’s what it looked like. Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and BMWs were there, too.) Today, I’d like to introduce some of the Porsches that showed up. ① Boxster (986) It was parked with the top down and...
A Cafe That’s a Mecca for Car Lovers Just before lunch today, my husband asked, “There’s a custom leather driving-glove shop setting up at Cafe Seven—a cafe that’s a mecca for car lovers—just for this weekend. Want to go?” (This is what he meant↓) “Cafe Seven is in Tsukigase, so we can enjoy a drive around the area, too. We can even take the Nara Nürburgring route (a road nicknamed after Germany’s Nürburgring).” Hmm… We’d...
