MOT2008 Friday

Posted on by Ian C.

Arrived at the Town & Country around 4pm Friday, having passed the Area 51 caravan of 40+ MINIs on the way, now it’s time to meet & greet, including trivia contest organizers Libby & Bill, MOT Maestro Steve, moose hunter Brian, MINIs, ducks …


The evening brings friendship, drinks(!) and the trivia contest … we had another great turn out this year, bolstered by Sundaes on Friday sponsored by New Country MINI – and with an additional donation per attendee, we received more than $1,000 from New Country MINI in addition to the ice-cream!


And again this year, the Trojan Peeps won!

MOT2008 Trivia Contest Winners “The Trojan Peeps”

Quack Quack Jack pictures

Posted on by Ian C.

Quack Quack Jack (“QQJ”) is spending the week with me, between MTTS’08 Boston and MINIsOnTop … I’m crazy busy both with MINIsOnTop and “real work” – but at least it means QQJ has MINI friends!

I did find time to take him on a short tour – first stop was Silly Goose toy store in Essex – where his sister Quack Quack Jill was “born”; then to the Man At Wheel statue in Gloucester, and over to Harbor Loop to meet Fitz Hugh Lane – once a Gloucester artist. I’ve been to Harbor Loop many times, and visited the Fitz Hugh Lane statue before too … but today I discovered that there’s more to the statue than the statue itself! There’s a pair of sandals, and the quotation “Step into my shoes and become inspired” …

It felt like QQJ – and Ed Smith (“MaxaMINI”) – had showed me this extra today; I feel that QQJ helps us to step in to Ed’s shoes, and be inspired to niceness as he was to all of us … thanks, Ed 🙂