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SEMA Show Las Vegas 2023
A.D. Cook

SEMA Las Vegas 2023

This year’s Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association Show was the biggest, baddest, best car show I’ve ever attended.

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SEMA Show 2021, Las Vegas, NV
A.D. Cook

SEMA Show 2021

SEMA SHOW 2021 marked a notably different event than previous years. Despite the downsized venue, fewer displays, and smaller crowds, there was still plenty to see. And as always, the SEMA SHOW is a great place to catch up with old friends, who are more like family, and share a

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SEMA SHOW 2013 Preview
A.D. Cook

SEMA 2013 – Las Vegas

The SEMA Show is the world’s premier automotive specialty products trade event, held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This year’s dates were November 5th-8th, including more than 2,400 world-class companies, including 500 brand-new exhibitors.

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Sarah Thompson at Casa Playa, Las Vegas, Nevada
Bob Barnes

Casa Playa

What comes to mind when you hear the term Coastal Mexican? In the case of Casa Playa at Encore it references a wide range of seafood delights enlivened with wonderful spices and ingredients by the talented Executive Chef Sarah Thompson.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from A.D. Cook
A.D. Cook

Merry Christmas 2021

What a year 2021 has been. In some ways, it was a year of regrouping and adjusting to what many refer to as “the new normal.” Normal? What is normal, anyway? From an artist’s perspective, it’s business as usual. Change is inevitable. Change is good.

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Motor Trend International Auto Show
A.D. Cook

Motor Trend Auto Show

Like previous years, I enjoyed most of my time at the Motor Trend Auto Show hanging with the beautiful ladies. Yes, I’m talking about the Lamborghini “ladies” – of the Aventador and Huracan variety. And of all those feisty ladies, these are among my favorites. Of course, what I refer

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Year In Review 2013
A.D. Cook

2013 ~ Year In Review

If there ever was a time when life took a big turn, this year was that for me. I would have to say that 2013 will always be remembered as a year of change for me. Some things for the better, others not so much. But that’s the same for

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