Water heater has fucked off, and in a very me turn of events, the water heater is blocked in by a Lancia, an MR2 and a pickup. I delicately splayed myself across the hood, gently avoiding spendy fiberglass bits, to try to figure out what's wrong. I failed.

Apparently somebody binned the $699/half day local rental GT3RS. It took two weeks...

*Sigh* I really need someone to buy me a plane ticket so I can go to Race Retro in February and be with my boys😭

Ever meet someone who just *gets it* so hard that it's almost irritating?

Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned 2012 Fiat 500 Pop 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth 1976 Lancia Scorpion 1999 Fiat Marea Weekend

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Pika Raven Prairie dog Pigeon Sea turtle

All I want in life, clearly, is to do the dumbest shit possible, which is extremely irritating.

It's dreary and the day after Thanksgiving, which means it's officially Marc Almond Torch season! I hate Christmas music with an extreme passion, so this is what I use instead youtu.be/5nesgmxXdJg?...

Joined the cousin walk at Thanksgiving dinner and yeah, that livened up the proceedings and made the food more palatable...

My sister in law has decided she will cook EVERYTHING for today. My sister in law is the whitest white girl on earth and can not cook. Her kitchen is bereft of seasonings. Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated at this difficult time.

I love when the local rich guy FB car group I'm inexplicably in does a What Is It Wednesday. Half the group just knows me as "the service advisor at the Euro shop" but here I am like "oh, that won the Targa Florio in '66, which I know because...*insert ultra-obscure knowledge here*"

Seeing an ad for the Denver Parade Of Lights somehow caused a sense memory of my ass cheeks being the coldest thing in the entire state TWENTY YEARS after the last time I marched. Two decades, and they still feel frozen...

New Martini looks so cute with old Martini!

I splurged and got myself something a little special. Naturally, I freed it from the plastic so it could breathe and it will be joining the herd on my desk in the morning

This salad was absurd

Me 2 weeks ago: Damn, this Lancia boy fun and slightly crazy, but his vibe is good. Me, reading BBC news today: Oh fuck, that Lancia boy is one of the guys trying to take down Nigel fucking Farage. Old Lancia ownership is brave, but this dude is brave-brave...

13 years ago, I drove my first Fiat, which I went on to purchase the next day. That moment gave me a life more incredible than anything I could have dreamed of

Having a social life that is severely international is painful. Like yes, I want to be at all these different events, I want to be with my people, but I can't, and it kills me.

I have no idea why I get so many ads for ho attire when literally nobody wants to see me dressed like a ho. Ngl though, 20 year old me wishes she had access to a lot of this...

So that was a wild ride...

I highly recommend choosing your tattoo artist based on the strength of his daily driver game

The neighborhood Italian bakery has Fiat chocolates!!

Absolutely nailed it

It's downright weird to see your writing Frankensteined with someone else's, ngl, but you still get a good vibe of the thing and the pics are cool (I did this on a request from the friends who run Macchi) bringatrailer.com/2025/11/19/e...

Sometimes, I like to think about the people on the line decades ago who built my cars. I know many of them would be dead by now (my youngest car is 26,) but I wish they could know that the machines their hands built are incredibly precious to me all these years later.

*Sigh* Please, when you drop a vehicle off at a shop, read what you are signing before you sign it, and feel free to ask questions.

Well, this is fun, 95% chance my racing hobby evaporated today. Lost our single autocross site and every semi-possible alternative is well outside of town. Fuckity fuck fuck...

As of today, I've had Speranza for five years! She's gone from unloved heap in the cold rain to extremely beloved gem in a warm garage. I had prayed for a 5th Italian metal child and was scared to become a Lancia owner so I lowballed the auction bid at 5k. I got her for $3500.

When I was a kid, I went to a cool restaurant and had really good soup. Bold kid that I was, I asked for the recipe. 20-some years later, I could make Shadowbrook creamy artechoke soup with my eyes closed, though it has morphed somewhat through the years

Caught a glimpse of my ass in the mirror looking kinda good in my jeans and was like damn, not half bad. Then I was like fuck, I'm 37, legally this makes me a milf. Now I want to go throw myself into traffic because I'm old😭😭😭

I'm currently being crushed by the fact that all the fun shit is done for the year and the next cycle of cool shit when I get to see my people is agonizingly far away.

The hardest part of getting a new perfume that you love is resisting the urge to drown yourself in it...

Today has been a very "when it rains, it pours" day in the weird cars department for me. In any case, if you're looking for a '59 Fiat 600 project fresh out of desert storage or a 96 Twingo soon to be liberated from a sketchy importer (long story) hmu

Arguably the best thing about The Inferno is any time you do something sinful, you can just be like "nbd, this is only circle X shit and I'm due to go two deeper anyway, so it doesn't really count." My boy Dante out here saving my ass 800 years later.

I know I frequently say my life is bizarre, but I just got offered a ride across England to the NEC literally a year in advance. I guess I'll be finding out if a guy in a Q5 is more reliable than the train?

Guy who put my new snow tires on didn't realize our parts guy was in his Snapchat, so I got a surprise peek into the mildly chaotic energy the Marea brings to a completely normal tire shop

Got the Marea's summer wheels back from the powder coater, they cleaned up pretty well! (I'm told the powder coating shop was very wtf when given a set of niether vintage nor modern Fiat wheels)

Aaactually, Lealtà looks kinda hot on steelies, in the same way I really like a lesbian who looks like she could eat me for breakfast

I don't know who the Delta gate agent at Sea Tac gate A7 is, but she is a damn hero

On the plane back from England, somewhere off the coast of Greenland, and contemplating just how I ended up in what feels like a completely bizarre life compared to so many people in my normal daily life.

Our Gianni, who art in some questionable corner of heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom is large, thy will is clearly sketchy, on earth as it is wherever you are...

So apparently the Italian car world just decided today would be Thirst Trap Monday? St. Gianni Agnelli works in mysterious ways...

Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name

I've no idea where to start with the NEC Classic Motor Show, so here's some good Martinis. Getting to sit in a proper rally Delta was incredible and the 037 owner kindly contributed to my drinks that night.

My last day in England, and I'm in mourning for the fact that I have to go back to a place where friends are nearly nonexistant

As a weary goth traveler, there ain't nothing like walking one block off the insanity of Camden high street to the welcoming darkness and beer of the Devonshire Arms.

I have survived 2 days of walking miles through the NEC followed by getting properly drunk. Last night also involved curry and 17 men singing on a party bus.

Last night I learned that choosing Carling Black Fruits at the bar is a cultural indicator that you're going to fight someone. (I didn't.) I also tried Hawkstone (Clarkson's beer,) it is an beer.

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Not 10 steps out of the elevator and I hear someone calling my name...