Gabriele and I recently enjoyed Cafe Caturra, located near the intersection of Mount Vernon Avenue and South Glebe Road in Arlington. This section of town is often called Arlandria and doesn’t have many interesting places to eat. Cafe Caturra gives the area a nice and versatile neighborhood restaurant. The operative word when you walk in […]
This weekend I replaced the sway bar links on my E39 M5. This is a well known issue with the M5, the links can break over time. Since I was replacing one, I went ahead and replaced both the left and right side links and the rubber bushings inside them. Sway bars reduce body roll […]
As any communications professional knows, having the right day-to-day account contact is vital. Hopefully he or she has some comms experience, understands the objectives of the engagement and has the authority to make decisions when necessary to keep things moving. You also want someone who will let others inside the company know about the success […]
BMW of North America is having a strong sales year in 2012. The Year to Date (YTD) sales numbers are out and total sales of BMW cars and trucks (excluding Mini) are up 11.3 percent. Here’s all the detail from BMW Blog. This chart details sales by BMW model: These numbers provided me two takeaways. […]
My guest post on CommPro.biz last week – Stop Pillorying PR: Let’s Call Out Crappy Reporting for a Change – seems to have connected with readers. It’s received 17 comments to date, with many sharing my view that reporting standards have really declined in the past few years. However, I also received a public rebuke from […]
This weekend I tackled a problem I’d put off addressing for some time. The cruise control had stopped working on my 1999 BMW M3 a few months ago, but it’s a feature I rarely use. The car doesn’t go on long trips, so this wasn’t an urgent DIY project. On the other hand, I want […]
WINE & DINE COLUMN My latest wine column published today on WashingtonExec. The Washington DC area has a number of choices if you’re eating out early in the week. Half price wine nights are a win-win. Restaurants pull in more business on slower weekday nights, and customers can go for a bottle of wine at […]
Readers of this blog know that the declining standards of media reporting is a theme I return to periodically on Work, Wine and Wheels. Too many layoffs, too many beats for those that remain, long-time experts in their niches being replaced with new graduates for budget reasons are some of the factors driving quality down. […]
As part of our professional development program my agency invited in some representatives from Eloqua, the marketing automation company. I’ve previously written about the company and how it helps some of our clients manage their marketing and sales efforts. One of Eloqua’s biggest challenges is getting their customers to understand all the things their software […]
It’s always fun reading positive reviews on the car you own. This is especially true if you’re a BMW enthusiast and M car owner. Usually you can be confident the reviews will be glowing, and your car judged superior to the competition. That was certainly the case back in 2000, when my E39 M5 model […]
When I published my WashingtonExec column on Sonoma, I gave an overview of our trip. I also promised reviews of the wines we brought home. Here are some wines we’ve been enjoying since we got back. We brought home wines not available for retail sale on this coast. Two were from familiar names in the […]
When an issue pops up on an older BMW, there is no reason to be in the dark as to the cause. There are many resources to help you diagnose the problem on your car, and as the expression goes knowledge is power. Even if you don’t intend to try and fix the problem yourself, […]