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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.
![(first posted 4/8/2019) This month will mark the first time in seven whole years that I will have spent time with either / both of my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1981-Chevrolet-Monte-Carlo-Nebraska-1-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1981 & 1982 Chevrolet Monte Carlos – Yin & Yang")
![I’ve had a real taste for steak, lately. I don’t know what it is about colder weather that brings out the carnivore in me, but it does. Maybe it’s the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1968-Cadillac-Eldorado-1-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado – Steak Knife")
![“Super” used as an adjective has often made me chuckle to myself. It’s one of those descriptors that no one in my Generation X cohort would have used without tongue […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_2523-1956-Buick-Super-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1956 Buick Super Riviera – It Has Been Super")
![Just one week ago this past Tuesday evening, I was walking to a small gathering at the home of two close friends. They are the same couple who had invited […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/018-1976-Cadillac-Fleetwood-Brougham-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Tired, But Soldiering On")
![I had been gifted with my first boombox during Christmas of 1984. It could be described more accurately as just a portable radio, as it wasn’t large or complex, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/121-1993-SAAB-900S-Convertible-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1993 SAAB 900 S Convertible – Color Of Success")
![There’s no “April fooling” when I say that this may be it. This may possibly be the year that I get corrective lenses. Again. Almost immediately following my move to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/138-2008-Ford-Focus-Coupe-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2008 Ford Focus Two-Door – Blurred Stylistic Vision")
![Dress codes seem to be much more relaxed these days in many places where formal attire had once been the norm. When I began my career in the insurance industry […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1979-Lincoln-Continental-Town-Car-7-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car – Sunday Best")
![I was traveling through northern Michigan while on vacation last August when I had the chance to stand face-to-face with a life-sized cutout of one of my childhood authority figures: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/113-1987-Ford-Ranger-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1987 Ford Ranger – Fun-Sized")
![I grew up in the Midwestern United States (Michigan, specifically), and I had been exposed to a somewhat limited range of culinary delights that much of the rest of America […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1967-Ford-Thunderbird-Landau-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Thunderbird Landau Sedan – Salsa Verde")
![When I was young, I had thought that the El Camino was simply a Chevelle or Malibu wagon with the rear section of the roof and cargo area lopped off […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1234-1972-Chevrolet-El-Camino-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1972 Chevrolet El Camino – Repurposed Container")
![(first posted 3/11/2019) I realize that it’s only March, but I’m already dreaming about summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, we are less than two weeks from the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1968-Plymouth-Fury-III-11-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Plymouth Fury III – Hip To Be Square")
![I’m glad I had started to realize the importance of just listening before some of my elders had passed away. As a young adult, I had wanted to speak my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20180818_163422-1953-Ford-Customline-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1953 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan – Old Henry")
![Welcome to March. Only a couple of weeks ago, I was back in Las Vegas for what had been something of a last-minute decision to spend time there both with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/011-1966-Chevrolet-Impala-Convertible-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1966 Chevrolet Impala Convertible – Don’t Blink")
![(first posted 2/25/2019) The “Calais” name had ultimately been used by General Motors on three different occasions, spanning from the mid-1960s through the early ’90s. It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1980-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Calais-5-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / CC Jukebox: 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais – High Society")
![I loved animated Disney movies as a kid. When I was in elementary school in the early ’80s, there was this period when I had not only seen many classics […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/4126266903_cb45279221_o-1979-Cadillac-Coupe-DeVille-for-CC-2009-11-22-edit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Cruella")
