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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.
![Two Sundays ago, a companion and I had brunch in Lakeview directly across from Wrigley Field during the day of an early evening home game between the Chicago Cubs and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/003-1967-Cadillac-Coupe-DeVille-convertible-crop-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1967 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Convertible – Rolling Americana")
![Years ago, a former manager had reintroduced an effective marketing phrase I had long forgotten from my ’80s childhood when she referred to the “Toyota jump”. Within the context of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1981-82-Toyota-Tercel-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1981 Toyota Corolla Tercel – Little Red Hawk")
![I am the proud owner of a Ford Maverick, as I had recently written about in an essay I had posted on the First of this month. It is resplendent […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1973-Ford-Maverick-1-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Ford Maverick Grabber – Canned Rebellion")
![I recently saw pictures of the forthcoming, eight-generation Chevrolet Corvette in a news story. Of course, the car was heavily camouflaged, and it was being piloted through Manhattan by Corvette […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1981-Chevrolet-Corvette-5-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 Chevrolet Corvette – Letting Go Is Hard")
![There are four stores that specialize in shoes near the intersection where I deboard my morning Red Line subway train and walk toward the office during the week: Nike, Skechers, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1980-Chevrolet-Malibu-Coupe-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1980 Chevrolet Malibu Coupe – Designer Shoes (Or, How Joe Dennis Hit The Lotto)")
![This month will mark the first time in seven whole years that I will have spent time with either / both of my two first cousins. That’s really a lot […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1981-Chevrolet-Monte-Carlo-Nebraska-1-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1981 & 1982 Chevrolet Monte Carlos – Yin & Yang")
![Many of you familiar with my writing have probably read, on multiple occasions, how I’ve expressed a desire to buy a curbside classic of my own. Sometimes, it has been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1974-Ford-Maverick-Grabber-5-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Ford Maverick Grabber – I Finally Grabbed The Bull By The Horns")
![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-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car – Sunday Best")
![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-3-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado – Steak Knife")
![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 Spring Equinox and (for me, anyway) […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1968-Plymouth-Fury-III-11-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Roadside Classic: 1968 Plymouth Fury III – Hip To Be Square")
![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&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Thunderbird Landau Sedan – Salsa Verde")
![The “Calais” name had ultimately been used by General Motors on three different occasions, spanning from the mid-1960s through the early ’90s. It began life affixed to an entry-level Cadillac […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1980-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Calais-5-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / CC Jukebox: 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais – High Society")
![Sometimes, it is completely necessary to hit the “reset” button. Back in February of 2011, my newly jobless self was one of those people in need of a brief change […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Flint-Vehicle-City-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Buick Regal Coupe In Flint, Michigan – Back To My Roots")
![More than a few years ago, I had been semi-voluntarily vacuumed into the guilty TV pleasures that were the early seasons of “America’s Next Top Model” and, once my resistance […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1973-Buick-Riviera-GS-5-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Buick Riviera GS – Be Memorable")
![Winter has returned to Chicago with full fury, with this past Thursday, January 31st, 2019 bringing some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded in this city on this date, at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1972-Oldsmobile-Toronado-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado – A Brougham For Winter")
