Saturday I took a ride up to Holmdel to see the first Concours d’Elegance (a car show full of meticulously restored pre-1960’s cars). The event was held at Hop Brook Farm, which is right next to my old company’s headquarters. After being away from there for nearly 8 years, it was nice to be back.
They expected (and got) a lot of attendees, so Vonage let them use their parking lots for visitor parking. Vonage’s headquarters are in the old Prudential building on Holmdel Road. It’s on a huge piece of property. Driving in I noticed that they had a softball field to the right, and walking across to get to the event I walked through their soccer field. I’ve worked in startups before, but none of them had so much as a foozball table, let alone a softball or soccer field. The HQ of Vonage seemed very slick from what I saw. I can only imagine what their infrastructure is like. From what I understand, it’s very Solaris heavy.
Anyway, the event was really nice. Highlights were an 1887 Benz Motor-Wagen, recognized as one of the first “cars.” There was also a 1955 Mercedes Gull-Wing, a $500k+ car which I never thought I’d see in person, and a beautiful jet black Buick Lesabre. My first car was a 1969 Buick Skylark, and there’s not quite anything like the classic car smell that some of these things pick up. It’s sort of like the smell that Jaguars or Porsche’s have — something very unique to them.
You can see all of the pics in my gallery, but here’s a quick taste:
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