The Front Office.

Because things with wheels – whether as a toy in our young hands or as a thousand pound machine controlled by a wheel grasped in confident palms – make us feel.

Highlights from our Instagram account where we wax poetic (and sometimes less poetic) reviews of vehicular transport we observe near and far from home.

View fullsize Our first newsletter, The Carmalarky Dispatch, featuring the carmic joys of compatibility, creative prompts to start writing, an update on submissions, and music for cruising will hit inboxes soon. If you’re not signed up, you can do it at ca
View fullsize Haiku for a Dodge Omni parked in the outskirts of Chinatown, Los Angeles worn Omni hides close, old paint and dust remain– waiting for her ghosts #carmalarky #carma #haiku #poetry #dodgeomni #plymouthhorizon #chryslerhorizon #economycars
View fullsize We’ve written a poem for this lovely red BMW 2002, parked on an early morning in Itabashi, Tokyo. Idle in still shade, red metal rests, stories kept, quiet power sleeps. #bmw2002 #classicbmw #vintagebmw #carmalarky #carma #poetry #haiku #bm
View fullsize Haiku for a Toyota 2000GT, casually parked on a Sunday morning. Sports car talisman Parked after Sunday drive Not a fool’s errand We’ve read just 337 of these were sold. This one appears to be early model. #parkedintokyo #parkedcar #car
View fullsize Carmalarky Founder Haiku Review: wearing matching hats | nonchalant purposefully | poetic moment You’re looking at the founders (David and Marnie)of Carmalarky, with their cars, at the bottom of a hill in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. We’v
View fullsize Carmalarky haiku for this chunky and well-kept International TerraStar utility truck. My useful functions // Carry, dig, install, repair // I am ready now #carmalarky #carma #internationaltrucks #navistar #terrastar #utilitytruck #workhorse @intern
View fullsize A poem for the Nissan Roox Highway Star, a kei car we rented for a drive to Chiba prefecture. Because she is a blue color Highway Star, we named her “Deep Blue Chan” or ディープ・ブルー・チャン like the band. And here’s our poem for her, with r
View fullsize A Carmalarky Haiku for this Toyota Hiace custom. A familiar face // From the seventies man // Worn by a hiace #carma #carmalarky #toyotahiace #hiace #hiacecustom @toyota @toyota_jp #carsoftokyo #jdm #carspotting #twotonecar #vanlife #customvans