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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.
![I’ve written plenty about having grown up in Flint, Michigan and my decades spent in beautiful Chicago, but there are entire chapters in between that were written in the Sunshine […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/025-1998-Isuzu-Hombre-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1998 Isuzu Hombre XS – Correct Pronunciation Is Everything")
![This past March marked the first month since August of 2012 in which I had returned to my hometown of Flint, Michigan twice. Last month was bookended by two trips, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_20240211_110207805-1959-Ford-Fairlane-500-Galaxie-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1959 Ford Galaxie – On Becoming Stanley Roper")
![(first posted 4/11/2018) I love visiting Las Vegas as much for enjoyment of some of its many excesses as for cultural observation. It has also occurred to me that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1970-Ford-F-250-Sport-Custom-Camper-Special-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1970 Ford F-250 Sport Custom Camper Special – Workhorse")
![I had recently compared a ’97 Olds Achieva with my experience of having attended a gifted elementary school from grades two through six. My early education began, however, in a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/049-Yellow-MG-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: c. 1979 MG MGB – How Associations Are Formed")
![(first posted 4/3/2018) During the filming of the ’70s TV detective drama “The Rockford Files”, lead actor James Garner, in the titular role of Jim Rockford, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1979-Pontiac-Firebird-1-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1979 Pontiac Firebird – Moves Like Rockford")
![I really enjoy meeting and getting to know my friends’ children, many of whom are now young adults. These sons and daughters often remind me of their parents, my peers, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/006-1990-Pontiac-Bonneville-LE-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1990 Pontiac Bonneville LE – The Cool Adult")
![The model names of Oldsmobile’s muscle cars had always confused me just a little bit. The naming of similar models from other makes didn’t seem all that cerebral. I could […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/009-1984-Oldmobile-Hurst-Olds-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds – Out Of The Mist")
![(first posted 3/20/2018) With this, the first day of Spring 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere, my mind turns to thoughts of renewal, rebirth, and the unstoppable passage of time. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/009-1957-Chevrolet-Bel-Air-Townsman-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Townsman Wagon – Respect For One’s Elders")
![It was November of 2011, and I was back home in Flint as one of many featured artists participating in one of the downtown art walks held regularly on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/001-2004-Buick-Rendezvous-CX-2WD-for-CC-edit-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2004 Buick Rendezvous – Meetup With A Deer")
![(first posted 3/13/2018) Often times, my experience of cars is tied to music from the same era in which they were manufactured, especially if I was alive at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1979-Buick-Electra-225-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / CC Playlist: 1979 Buick Electra 225 – Under Your Spell")
![Sometimes an essay topic drops right into my lap, and this was one of those days. This marks the third appearance of this black ’93 Mustang GT at CC, after […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_20240211_094114723-2006-1993-Ford-Mustangs-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2006 Ford Mustang V6 & 1993 Ford Mustang GT – Generation Gap")
![(first posted 3/6/2018) I was in college in the mid-1990s when something improbable happened. At many of the coffee houses, clothing stores and eating spots that I would frequent, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1963-Rambler-Classic-660-Cross-Country-1-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 660 Cross Country Wagon – So Uncool, It’s Utterly Cool")
![I attended one of Flint, Michigan’s elementary schools for the academically gifted, starting in the second grade. Lest anyone take that as a humble-brag, I want to be clear that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/044-1997-Oldsmobile-Achieva-SL-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva SL – Gifted?")
![(first posted 2/27/2018) The Continental Mark V seems to be a perennial favorite here at CC, with at least seven articles having been written about it, by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1979-Lincoln-Continental-Mark-V-4-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V – Navigating Big City Streets")
![I sat down to write this on Groundhog Day, February 2nd, which fell on a Friday this year. I wouldn’t have noticed or paid attention to the occasion were it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_20180211_151400-1994-Dodge-Shadow-crop-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1994 Dodge Shadow – Groundhog Day")
