Back in the good ol’ days, tobacco companies were some of the biggest sponsors of NASCAR, with iconic liveries from Skoal to Camel to Winston, and the legendary Winston Cup Series ran from 1971 to 2003. The Winston Cup meant far more than just tobacco sales over its 32-year history, even inspiring the Disney movie … Read more
Oakland’s Rockridge district is synonymous with great food, from breakfast sandwiches and kouign-amann to the finest gourmet pasta. Lately, it’s also becoming a destination for chocolate. The 1-mile stretch of College Avenue from Broadway to Ashby is peppered with no fewer than five confectioneries. Plunked in the center sits an old-school See’s Candies shop. And … Read more
Darlington Raceway hosted the Southern 500 on Sunday, the Labor Day weekend NASCAR race as it’s been since 2015, and for decades before that starting in 1950 as the first 500-mile NASCAR race. These days, Darlington is treated with respect even if it is a little past its old glory days, when it became part … Read more