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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.
![Ice cream shops and classic vehicles go together like chocolate chips and cookies. The most recent instance of my spotting such a combo was this past August while in Lexington, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/330-1956-Pontiac-Chieftain-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1956 Pontiac Chieftain Catalina Hardtop – Sweet Treat")
![(first posted 2/12/2018) It has been brutal lately to start my morning commute in single-digit (Fahrenheit) temperatures. It is February in Chicago, though, and despite last year’s really […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1977-Malibu-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1976 & ’77 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Classics – Bringing The Heat")
![(first posted 2/7/2018) Many strive for exclusivity, whether in terms of housing, personal belongings, memberships, or otherwise. Possessing something that not everyone else has can provide the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_5695-1984-Oldsmobile-Ninety-Eight-Regency-Brougham-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency Brougham – Exclusivity")
![The day I sat down to write this, it was literally one degree Fahrenheit (-17 Celsius) outside at that very moment, with a predicted high of 5F (-15C). Maybe it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_1430-1966-Chevrolet-Impala-SS-convertible-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1966 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport Convertible – Fire")
![(first posted 2/1/2018) Every once in a while, a custom license plate will grab my eye. I don’t remember seeing that many of them on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1975-Buick-LeSabre-Custom-convertible-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1975 Buick LeSabre Custom Convertible – SHE LUV U")
![One piece of advice I wish I could give my younger self is that having “cool” friends is overrated. By “cool”, I mean in the image-conscious sense of the word […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/031-1983-Honda-Accord-hatchback-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1983 Honda Accord Hatchback – Stealthy & Studious")
![(first posted 1/28/2018) I have often attributed human-like qualities to cars ever since I first began to identify them by their correct makes and models by sight, starting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1986-Chevrolet-Nova-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Chevrolet Nova Hatchback – Bad Acne")
![(first posted 1/23/2018) Very thankfully, there are more than a few cable channels these days that specialize in reruns of shows I loved watching when I was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG_8002-1954-Ford-F-100-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1955 Ford F-100 – Paging Fred Sanford")
![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&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&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&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&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&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&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&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: A Cluster Of (Alfa Romeo) Spiders, Part 2 – Just Chop It")
