I’ve had a very casual relationship with automobiles. Perhaps it had to do with my driving coach – a very nonchalant Dad, who on my first encounter at the wheel, read a newspaper while instructing me.

The fear of being led through busy and congested streets as a young teen, left me somewhat numb to the joys of driving, so when I was invited to attend an event through Magazzino Art, simply called New York Drive, I was intrigued with this unusual invitation to co-pilot a Fiat 127.  Perhaps this would be a way for me to personally sanctify the rare driving lesson I had had as a teen.