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- I was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, the Vehicle City. I grew up in an environment chock-full of working-class joie de vivre. Flint was a magical place to grow up, with its myriad factories, vibrant Cultural Center, and being steeped in car-culture. Growing up in Flint undoubtedly shaped my tendency to gravitate toward urban scenes.
![Long before I had enrolled in drivers’ training as a teenager, I had gotten my first taste of piloting a motorized land vehicle behind the wheel of a go-kart at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2010-08-25-Wednesday-Playland-entrance.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: Playland Park – The Drive To Drive")
![I love penguins. It’s hard to pinpoint when this might have started. I do remember having owned and shared a children’s record on which the positive characteristics of various birds, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/009-1967-Ford-Thunderbird-Gentoo-penguins-for-thumbnail.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1967 Ford Thunderbird Coupe – A Different Kind Of Bird")
![(first posted 1/15/2018) Once upon a time, roads and parking lots in the United States were teeming with the Pontiac Grand Am. When GM’s third attempt at popularizing its […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG_9844-1989-Pontiac-Grand-Am-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1989 Pontiac Grand Am LE Coupe – Destination, Mall")
![(first posted 1/5/2018) The holiday season for many – not for all, but for some – is one of family reunions. Just a few weeks ago, I had profiled […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1979-Mercury-Zephyr-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1979 Mercury Zephyr – Aunt Gertrude")
![“One summer never ends, one summer never beganIt keeps me standing still, it takes all my willAnd then suddenly, last summer” – Martha Davis, 1983 I was a Motels fan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/047-1976-Chevrolet-Corvette-Stingray-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1976 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray – Suddenly Last Summer")
![(first posted 1/2/2018) Involuntary unemployment can wreak havoc on one’s self-confidence. Being laid off from my job of ten plus years at the end of 2010 was totally […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1987-Cadillac-Eldorado-Biarritz-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1990 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz – When Life Gives You Lemons…")
![I haven’t made any New Year’s resolutions for some time. It’s not that I don’t believe in doing so, or that I don’t find value in the accountability that often […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_20231124_162854347-c.-1971-Alfa-Romeo-1750-Spider-Veloce-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: A Cluster Of (Alfa Romeo) Spiders, Part 2 – Just Chop It")
![A couple of years ago, I had stumbled across these pictures of a ’79 Town Coupe I had taken back in the fall of 2016, coincidentally on the same day […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_3175-1979-Lincoln-Town-Coupe-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe – Treasure")
![(first posted 12/8/2017) With the arrival of December and its colder temperatures here in the Midwestern United States, my thoughts often turn to warmer climates. I lived in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1956-Ford-Thunderbird-1-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1956 Ford Thunderbird – By The Ocean Beach")
![Everybody in my family of origin wears glasses. When I was a young kid, I had thought that getting specs was a rite of passage into the world of grownups. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/010-c.-1992-Ford-Mustang-5.0L-Hatchback-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: c. 1992 Ford Mustang LX 5.0L – Contact Lenses")
![(first posted 12/11/2017) At the time that I was drafting this piece a couple of months ago, I was departing O’Hare on a flight to the beautiful, Midwestern […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1985-Pontiac-Grand-Prix-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Pontiac Grand Prix – A Familiar Dessert")
![(first posted 12/5/2017) This past August, I was taking a much needed vacation in a place that shaped much of who I am today. It’s kind of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_7163-1979-Chevrolet-Camaro-Z28-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 – Paradise Express")
![As the December holidays approach, I’m reminded of my grandparents’ farm in northwestern Ohio, which is where my mother had spent most of her childhood. The Dennis family would travel […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/571-1973-Ford-Galaxie-500-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1973 Ford Galaxie 500 – Extra Butter, On Everything")
![Merriam-Webster defines the summer solstice as the point in the sky occupied by the sun on or about June 22nd when summer begins in the northern hemisphere. On the longest […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/074-2007-Pontiac-Solstice-GXP-convertible-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP – The End Of Daylight Savings")
![Interviewer, to audience: “Ladies and gentlemen, we have with us today an L2 rotary engine-powered 2010 Mazda RX-8. Production of this model began in 2003 in Hiroshima, Japan, so this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/007-2010-Mazda-RX-8-1.3L-L2-rotary-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2010 Mazda RX-8 – An Interview With Son Of RX-7")
