Parenting Blog
on April 25, 2016 at 1:11 pm ×
There’s no logical explanation for the opportunities I’ve been granted over the past 18-24 months. This crazy dad blog/social media/photography life has taken me to some superb places and along the way I’ve met some even more superb people while doing, frankly, some ridiculously rad things (like racing a Toyota […]
Big Guy Car Guy
on January 29, 2016 at 9:09 am ×
There are some who are quick to bark that “driving a minivan makes you less of a man”. Not only is that an inane notion, it also sheds a less than flattering light on those men who apparently must seek validation in the form an automobile, guys who, for whatever […]
Travel
on August 5, 2015 at 9:54 am ×
From the lofty heights of the continental divide some 12,000 feet into the Colorado Rocky Mountains, with snowcapped peaks piercing heavenly blue skies, to the dramatic depths and oppressive heat of Badwater Basin, a staggering 282 feet below sea level in Death Valley National Park in California; and then […]
Travel
on July 30, 2015 at 3:46 pm ×
When the rotten winds of hateful politics blew through the state of Indiana earlier this year, I looked at that one night on our cross country itinerary and cringed. Do we have to pass through a place that has made it okay, and even celebrated in some circles, to not […]
Travel
on July 2, 2015 at 10:00 am ×
I’m so very fortunate. For damn near the whole of a month, I’ll be exploring this great country with my wife and two daughters in a sweet 2015 Shoreline Blue Toyota Sienna LTD Premium. It’s an appropriately spacious vehicle for which to traverse a big ol’ land as a family. […]
Big Guy Car Guy
on October 15, 2014 at 2:13 pm ×
It’s got swagger. But of course you already knew that. It has style too, especially the higher-end variants and the knee-weakening Salsa Red Pearl exterior paint option. But here are six surprising features of, and unexpected uses for, the 2015 Toyota Sienna minivan. A Private Changing Suite The ’15 Sienna […]
Big Guy Car Guy / Parenting Blog
on January 28, 2014 at 3:27 pm ×
I published a simple list post about minivans on OWTK a bit ago. Maybe you read it. Maybe you liked it. Hell, I’m even lazy enough to use the exact same photo from it here. HuffPost Parents later asked me to expand on it, make it beefier, make it funnier, […]
Big Guy Car Guy
on December 19, 2013 at 10:05 am ×
Whether you’ve got one or have a hankering for one, here are 7 easy ways to know if you’re minivan material. 1. You frequently call your daughter Sienna…and she answers to it. 2. You read Dan Gets A Minivan…and get all the references. 3. Your 2nd row kids insist on […]