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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.
![(This marks new entry No. 500 for me here at Curbside Classic.) I had written an essay in high school about my dislike of the word “potential”. This word was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/670-1979-Plymouth-Volare-Road-Runner-for-CC-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1979 Plymouth Volaré Road Runner – Potential")
![(first posted 10/5/2017) I’ve always had at least a passing interest in astronomy. I was fortunate enough to grow up in a city with its own planetarium, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/015-1962-Ford-Galaxie-500-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 Club Victoria – Top Hat")
![I remember being both relieved and intrigued when the Mercury Tracer was introduced for ’87 to replace the Lynx. It looked suspiciously like a Mazda 323, which made sense, since […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230709_162245267_HDR-1995-Mercury-Tracer-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1995 Mercury Tracer – Quit Copying Me!")
![I had been sitting on these pictures of this ’68 Galaxie 500 convertible since this past Memorial Day weekend, unsure of what exactly I wanted to say about it. It’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/039-1968-Ford-Galaxie-500-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1968 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible – Out Of Sight")
![(first posted 9/25/2017) When I was an eight year old kid and during my professor father’s year-long sabbatical from the university, our family took a trip overseas. Our ultimate […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/047-1986-Pontiac-Parisienne-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Pontiac Parisienne – A Long Way From The Champs-Élysées")
![This ’59 Sedan DeVille is emblematic of the sheer bigness that has been my summer this year. That’s the gist of my essay for today, to spare any of you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230730_152511599-1959-Cadillac-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1959 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – All Of The Things")
![(first posted 7/14/2017) In my mind, there seems to have always been a unique, tangible synergy between people’s love of music and of the automobile. I’m talking about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/033-1969-Chevrolet-Caprice-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Caprice Sport Sedan – Move Along… With Chevrolet!")
![If I had been asked for much of my life up to a certain point what a “riviera” was, I would have simply answered, “a Buick.” In fact, when I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/094-1996-Buick-Riviera-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1996 Buick Riviera – On The Coast")
![(first posted 9/7/2017) There it is, at the intersection. You’re looking at my fifth grade dream car, the ’85 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, complete with T-tops. This car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/008-1985-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1985 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am – Model Citizen")
![This Cougar was my second, notable Mercury find this summer, the first being an ’03 Marauder I had seen only a few blocks away from this silver coupe. I say […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230730_140205394-2000-Mercury-Cougar-2.5L-V6-Flat-Rock-MI-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2000 Mercury Cougar V6 – I Am Not What I Was")
![In last Tuesday’s essay, I had referenced having played the piano as an activity that, while I wasn’t necessarily intuitive at it, I had the skill of mastery that allowed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/012-1992-Buick-Roadmaster-base-model-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1992 Buick Roadmaster – The Art Of Mastery")
![I played the piano from between the ages of 9 and 21, with a years-long break in between. All up, for about about eight cumulative years, one could find me […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_20230603_121006074_HDR-1992-Ford-Tempo-GLS-V6-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1992 Ford Tempo GLS – The Tempo Is <i>Allegro</i>")
![One of my favorite television rediscoveries of this year has been of the original Bionic Woman series of the 1970s, starring the great Lindsay Wagner as the title character, Jaime Sommers. I’m […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/028-1968-Ford-Mustang-convertible-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1968 Ford Mustang Convertible – Bionic Replacements")
![(first posted 8/10/2017) Twenty-seventeen has been the summer of my rediscovery of Latin American and Latin-influenced music, including bossa nova and MPB (Música popular brasileira), a style of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/062-1967-Mercedes-Benz-280SL-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1967 Mercedes-Benz 280SL – Triste")
![I was maybe four years old when I had cut my face while pretend-shaving in the bathroom along with my dad. This had been our thing. He would leave the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/023-1984-85-Toyota-Celica-GT-S-convertible-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1984 (or ’85) Toyota Celica GT-S Convertible – Razor-Sharp")
