If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my 2nd time at SEMA, it’s that 4 days is never enough – at least for me. You would think I would have learned that from last year, but coming from a guy that doesn’t remember what he ate yesterday – this isn’t so surprising. Last years “time is an illusion” feeling was only amplified by not realizing how fast the trip was coming up. One second we’re getting our badges in the mail, the next I’m trying to figure out my packing situation the night before we leave – another thing I didn’t quite learn from last year.

I can’t think of a better way to start off the weekend. These early morning meets are something I’ve started looking forward to more and more. Mostly because there’s always a great mix of vehicles that turn up (although more imports would be nice). It’s also awesome that this event ended up being so close to home, so I had no excuse to pass up this event and snap a few photos.

There’s starting to become a certain “expected” turnout when it comes to these Cars & Coffee events hosted by Black Diamond. There was no shortage of exotics, and a few of these were far from your average off the lot type. Thankfully I woke up a little earlier and decided to rinse the car down, fueled up, and made my way out. Unfortunately this wasn’t a “roll with the windows down” type of morning because Summer seems to be starting early I guess? But after parking, catching up with a buddy of mine who also does media, I grabbed an amazing dirty chai latte from the baristas and went to work, which really doesn’t feel like that’s the right word for what I do.