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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.
![Only about a month ago, it was warm enough in Chicago to take a walking tour of historic buildings and neighborhoods sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Center (which featured locales […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/011-1977-Ford-Thunderbird-emblem-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Ford Thunderbird – Got To Be Real")
![A couple of weeks ago, I was seriously contemplating the wisdom of my decision to move back to the Midwest in the mid-Aughts from warm, sunny Florida. As much as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2012-12-25-Tuesday-1964-Chevrolet-Impala-SS-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS – Winter Weather")
![It snowed all day on Halloween this year in Chicago. In fact, not only did the snow accumulate, but it remained overnight for the first day of November. I’m guessing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/021-1984-Grand-Marquis-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1984 Mercury Grand Marquis Two-Door Sedan – Once Taken For Granite")
![I think it’s fair to say that many of us have some aspect of our physical appearance that we wish was different in some way. I’m not even talking about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2011-04-13-Wednesday-1970-Pontiac-Grand-Prix-SJ-5-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Pontiac Grand Prix Model J – Big Nose")
![I’ve had a real itch to travel, lately. Almost exactly two years ago, I was preparing for my first trip to Italy, which was also my first trip to Europe […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1965-Jaguar-E-Type-1-6-20-2010-Sunday-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: c. 1965 Series I Jaguar E-Type 4.2 Roadster – Things Or Travel?")
![Just two weekends ago, I had taken the Amtrak from Chicago to Ann Arbor, Michigan for an overnight stay. My dad had been a professor at U of M, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/056-1977-Buick-LeSabre-Coupe-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Buick LeSabre Coupe – B.M.O.C.")
![I listened to a lot of Depeche Mode as a depressed teenager. There was much in the often-dark lyrics of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore that spoke to me in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2012-12-11-Tuesday-1985-Pontiac-Firebird-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Pontiac Firebird – Fast Fashion")
![This Buick Century wagon could be the automotive embodiment of my late grandfather. Like the FWD A-Body Century that lasted a whopping fifteen model years from between 1982 and ’96, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2012-02-05-1995-Buick-Century-Estate-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: c. 1995 Buick Century Wagon – A Century Ago…")
![On this past Monday, I had taken another evening walk through my neighborhood on the first day of fall of this year. Locusts were chirping loudly, and the air was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/019-1976-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Supreme-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – An Acrostic Poem")
![Today brings the fall equinox, the first official day of autumn in the northern hemisphere. I’m usually one of the very last hangers-on to summer, long proclaiming after Labor […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2012-07-18-Wednesday-VW-Beetle-Convertible-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: Locusts & Volkswagen Beetle Convertibles")
![Less than one week ago as of today, I returned from my annual Las Vegas trip with close, long-time friends. I was on my final full day there last Monday […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/247-1978-Cadillac-Fleetwood-Brougham-cropped-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Coda: 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – All That Glitters")
![My friends and I are currently on our annual trip to Las Vegas. Our Chicago-based collective lands somewhere between the Rat Pack and the Brat Pack, being at once old-school […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/192-1954-Chevrolet-210-DeLuxe-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1954 Chevrolet 210 DeLuxe – Purple, The Color Of Royalty")
![Only three weeks ago, I was back in my hometown of Flint, Michigan for the annual Back To The Bricks car festival, which is now in its fifteenth year. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/087-1953-Chevrolet-Corvette-253-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1953 Chevrolet Corvette – An Argument For Originality")
![I had decided to take a temporary break from college in my early 20s (in the mid-1990s), and ended up moving back in with my parents for a year. What […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/001-crop-1992-Cadillac-Eldorado-convertible-CC-FINAL.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1995 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible – Monsieur Chauffeur")
![I’m learning to be more thankful when friends and acquaintances ask me to participate in fun activities that would fall outside my normal routine, at times when I usually wouldn’t […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/013-1969-Pontiac-Catalina-convertible-crop-FINAL-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1969 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible – Time Flies, Especially During Summer")
