Category: General & Random

We take advantage of Gotham’s best season by driving the Ferrari 458 Spider, and round off the fall with four more of the world’s best convertibles. Read about it, in Vanity Fair.

A Honda, a Mercedes, a Mini, a Jeep, and a BMW (sort of), on two, three, and four wheels. Click the image on the left to view a crappy scan, or just buy the magazine, you chintzy bitch. (It’s the one with Daniel Craig on the cover, so you know you want it.)

My Vanity Fair interview with Ryan Seacrest revealed the secret connections between Ryan Seacrest and Merv Griffn, Ryan Seacrest and George Jetson, and Ryan Seacrest and Adele, as well as whether the Kardashians were actually created in a government bio-weapons lab. Also, Ryan Seacrest talks about exposing his crotch.

To celebrate the start of the 2013 car season, we asked 13 top automotive writers to pick the vehicle they would buy if they had $100,000 to spend. Their answers were diverse and fabulous–and did not include a single BMW 3-Series.

In designing a special edition of the Chrysler 300C, John Varvatos told me that he wasn’t inspired by the Pucci, Givenchy, Bill Blass, or Cartier editions of the 1976 Lincoln Mark IV. But he was inspired by the Chrysler Cordoba and its rich Corinthian leather. Read our Detroit-centric interview in Vanity Fair.

Wherein we drive around Manhattan in a new Chevy Camaro SS Convertible discussing car crashes, Christmas movies, and vintage Camaros with actor, and new author, Andrew McCarthy. Read all the details in Vanity Fair.

Why the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is The Village People of Vans. My latest for the Motoramicians at Yahoo! Autos.

True to our mantra (and era) of parsimonious magnificence, we bring you this slideshow of eight forthcoming vehicles that prove that small(er) cars can be substantially luxurious. Surprise! It’s at Vanity Fair.

To celebrate Fashion Week, we talk to Isaac Mizrahi about his new collaboration with Chevy, and being (ahem) inspired, as a 17 year-old, by an experience in the back of his father’s Cadillac. Read all the juicy details at Vanity Fair.

My latest for The Huffington Post, an interview with Victor LaValle about Iron Maiden, Jason Voorhees, Multiple Satans, and his new literary horror novel, “The Devil in Silver.” Read it here.