10 Oct 2018 – Driven To Write

A Plate of Cozido a Portuguesa, Please.

Today I thought I would take another peep into the world of paint. Blue, blue, electric blue…

These kind of things don’t go out of date so quickly so I’ll commence with the over-arching story that in 2017 BASF predicts that blue will be a trending colour. “Blue continues to gain strength as an automotive color,” Paul Czornij, head of design for automotive paint supplier BASF’s Color Excellence Group, said. “It has a calming effect and a strong correlation with natural things.”

Czornij expects the colour to Continue reading “A Plate of Cozido a Portuguesa, Please.”

It Wasn’t Called Porto Seguro When Cabral First Saw It

Driven to Write once again challenges readers with a small and largely harmless puzzle.

The year is 2010. This time I am gathering quotes concerning one manufacturer. Who do you think it might be? If this item does not Continue reading “It Wasn’t Called Porto Seguro When Cabral First Saw It”

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