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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.
![This past New Year’s Eve found me at a small gathering with other people for the first time in three years. It ended up being sort of a last-minute thing, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20221231_222408248-1967-Cadillac-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – Be Careful What You Wish For")
![As 2022 came to a close, I had received an invite to a New Year’s Eve party for the first time in several years. The pandemic was still very much […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2014-10-11-Saturday-1963-Plymouth-Valiant-Signet-200-for-CC-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1963 Plymouth Valiant Signet 200 – Bravery")
![(first posted 1/16/2017) The great singer-songwriter Carole King once sang in her lyrics to “Been To Canaan”, “Though I’m content with myself, sometimes I long to be somewhere else.” As […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/986-1972-Buick-Skylark-Custom-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Buick Skylark Custom Hardtop Coupe – Orange You Glad")
![(first posted 1/11/2017) Chicago’s upscale Near North neighborhood would be the last place I’d expect to find any Chrysler product of this era, especially in condition this excellent. This area […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/054-1977-Chrysler-Newport-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Chrysler Newport – Frosted Gingerbread")
![(Foreword: this essay contains just a few spoilers of a movie that was originally released over three decades ago. Adjust your expectations accordingly.) In the fall of 1990, I went […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/035-1965-Ford-Mustang-notchback-CC-EDIT-USE.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "In Motion Classic: 1965 Ford Mustang Notchback – The Opposite of Misery")
![A sweet tooth runs in my family. Before this past Thanksgiving, I had gone to the candy shop on the lower level of Macy’s On State (formerly Marshall Field’s) to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/003-1995-Geo-Prism-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Geo Prizm – NUMMI Bear")
![(first posted 12/23/2016) It’s hard to believe we’re closing in on the end of Twenty-Sixteen. On New Year’s Eve of last year, I had spotted a vintage, 1989 Lincoln Town […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/004-1976-Cadillac-Coupe-DeVille-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1976 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – And The Beat Goes On")
![It doesn’t feel like over eight, whole years have passed since I first discovered Curbside Classic while surfing the internet for car-related content. This number seems unreal. Once I had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/018-1954-Cadillac-Sixty-Special-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Coda: 1954 Cadillac Series Sixty Special – Still Here")
![(first posted 12/16/2016) Traditional. It’s one word that comes to mind when thinking about both Oldsmobile and the holiday season. After what seemed like fifteen minutes of fall in Chicago, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/045-1977-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Salon-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon – Evergreen")
![I had the pleasure of spending the week of this past Thanksgiving with my older brother and his family in the greater Washington, D.C. area. It’s not a guarantee that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/001-1979-Cadillac-Eldorado-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1979 Cadillac Eldorado – Life Keeps Moving")
![(first posted 12/9/2016) I spotted this Econonline in the transitional, mixed-income neighborhood of Chicago known as Uptown, several years back. I had seen it street-parked in different locations over the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/006-1965-Ford-Econoline-Heavy-Duty-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1965 Ford Econoline Heavy Duty SuperVan – True Colors")
![I looked at this Taurus in my neighborhood on the day of this writing and thought immediately of myself from about twenty years ago. Right off the bat, I’d like […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/003-2004-Ford-Taurus-SE-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2004 Ford Taurus SE – Creative Hair Solutions")
![(posted 12/1/2016) Just a few weeks ago, this site featured a QOTD asking for opinions as to the best and worst examples of fake wood paneling. There was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/029-1974-Mercury-Colony-Park-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1974 Mercury Colony Park – It’s The Big One, Charlie Brown")
![One of the things I learned during quarantine a couple of years ago was that cooler weather does not necessarily have to put an end to the long walks on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/015-1950-DeSoto-DeLuxe-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1950 DeSoto Deluxe Sedan – For My Grandma")
![Spotting these two New Yorkers next to each other on a Sunday morning outside the former Western Hotel & Casino was like Curbside manna descended from heaven. I almost couldn’t […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/983-1984-1992-Chrysler-New-Yorkers-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1984 & 1992 Chrysler New Yorkers – Diet Iacocca Cola")
