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Curbside Classics Archives
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![Establishing one’s own, unique persona and identity is important to a youth. It’s part of the path to increased self-ownership and healthy individuation from the family unit. This process can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/058-1991-Mercury-Capri-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1991 Mercury Capri – Do Anything But Copy")
Curbside Musings: 1991 Mercury Capri – Do Anything But Copy
Posted on August 6, 2024 | 32 CommentsEstablishing one’s own, unique persona and identity is important to a youth. It’s part of the path to increased self-ownership and healthy individuation from the family unit. This process can […] -
![I’ve taken hatchbacks for granted as they have simply always been around as long as I’ve been alive. Two of the four cars I’ve owned have been hatchbacks (both Fords […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_0765-1974-Chevrolet-Nova-Hatchback-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1974 Chevrolet Nova Hatchback – No Stigma")
Curbside Musings: 1974 Chevrolet Nova Hatchback – No Stigma
Posted on July 30, 2024 | 45 CommentsI’ve taken hatchbacks for granted as they have simply always been around as long as I’ve been alive. Two of the four cars I’ve owned have been hatchbacks (both Fords […] -
![One of the things I love so much about living in Chicago’s north side is how many cultural experiences are easily within an arm’s reach. Within a relatively short amount […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/087-1981-Toyota-Celica-GT-Liftback-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1981 Toyota Celica GT Liftback – Marranito")
Curbside Musings: 1981 Toyota Celica GT Liftback – Marranito
Posted on July 23, 2024 | 14 CommentsOne of the things I love so much about living in Chicago’s north side is how many cultural experiences are easily within an arm’s reach. Within a relatively short amount […] -
![My ongoing quest to see more of my city led me through Chicago’s tony Gold Coast neighborhood to get to North Avenue Beach, a stretch of waterfront I had seen […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/038-1989-Ford-Tempo-GL-2.3L-built-Kansas-City-MO-for-CC-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1989 Ford Tempo GL – Gold-Coasting")
Curbside Musings: 1989 Ford Tempo GL – Gold-Coasting
Posted on July 16, 2024 | 34 CommentsMy ongoing quest to see more of my city led me through Chicago’s tony Gold Coast neighborhood to get to North Avenue Beach, a stretch of waterfront I had seen […] -
![We’re now solidly in the middle of summer in Chicago, though it had felt like it had already arrived earlier this year. When I open my blinds in the morning, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/196-1979-Datsun-210-hatchback-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1979 Datsun 210 Hatchback – The Color Of Summer")
Curbside Musings: 1979 Datsun 210 Hatchback – The Color Of Summer
Posted on July 9, 2024 | 23 CommentsWe’re now solidly in the middle of summer in Chicago, though it had felt like it had already arrived earlier this year. When I open my blinds in the morning, […] -
![It appears from my casual observations on public transportation and in the office that the mustache is making something of a comeback. I suppose it never really left, but in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_20240412_172509287_HDR-2004-2008-Chrysler-Crossfire-fastback-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: c. 2004 Chrysler Crossfire – Sporting Whiskers")
Curbside Musings: c. 2004 Chrysler Crossfire – Sporting Whiskers
Posted on July 2, 2024 | 40 CommentsIt appears from my casual observations on public transportation and in the office that the mustache is making something of a comeback. I suppose it never really left, but in […] -
![I had a great assortment of toys when I was a kid. Though many of them were shared and/or hand-me-downs as I was the middle son of three, some were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/018-1995-Dodge-Neon-Highline-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1995 Dodge Neon Highline – Brite Lite")
Curbside Musings: 1995 Dodge Neon Highline – Brite Lite
Posted on June 25, 2024 | 65 CommentsI had a great assortment of toys when I was a kid. Though many of them were shared and/or hand-me-downs as I was the middle son of three, some were […] -
![I had sat down to write this on Friday, just two days before Father’s Day. There was a combination of semi-recent events that had contributed to my selection of today’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/4355651237_ae3e29d4bf_o-c.-1973-Plymouth-Road-Runner-for-CC-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: c. 1973 Plymouth Road Runner – Worth Beyond Appearance")
Curbside Musings: c. 1973 Plymouth Road Runner – Worth Beyond Appearance
Posted on June 18, 2024 | 26 CommentsI had sat down to write this on Friday, just two days before Father’s Day. There was a combination of semi-recent events that had contributed to my selection of today’s […] -
![It’s not often that I’ll find a subject car with which I’ve had firsthand experience. The discovery of this Cutlass Ciera in the neighborhood adjacent to mine was one such […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/014-1994-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Ciera-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL – Reluctant Admiration")
Curbside Musings: 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL – Reluctant Admiration
Posted on June 11, 2024 | 65 CommentsIt’s not often that I’ll find a subject car with which I’ve had firsthand experience. The discovery of this Cutlass Ciera in the neighborhood adjacent to mine was one such […] -
![My grandparents had owned a Fifth Avenue in the mid-’80s. It had seemed like a significant upgrade from their navy-colored 1980 LeBaron sedan, but even as a kid, I could […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53042182584_51c9eefe77_o-1992-Chrysler-New-Yorker-Fifth-Avenue-for-CC-edit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: c. 1992 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue – Gingerbread")
Curbside Musings: c. 1992 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue – Gingerbread
Posted on June 4, 2024 | 52 CommentsMy grandparents had owned a Fifth Avenue in the mid-’80s. It had seemed like a significant upgrade from their navy-colored 1980 LeBaron sedan, but even as a kid, I could […] -
![During my early music collecting days as a college student, I had purchased a compilation disc of mostly ’70s output from Paul McCartney, including work with his band Wings. This […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/024-1974-Chevrolet-Corvette-Stingray-Roadster-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1974 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible – Don’t Say Goodnight Tonight")
Curbside Musings: 1974 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible – Don’t Say Goodnight Tonight
Posted on May 28, 2024 | 30 CommentsDuring my early music collecting days as a college student, I had purchased a compilation disc of mostly ’70s output from Paul McCartney, including work with his band Wings. This […] -
![I was in the third grade when my classmate and neighborhood friend, Amy, and I had found a couple of bright blue robin’s eggs outside that appeared to have been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/001-2008-Chrysler-Sebring-Convertible-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2008 Chrysler Sebring Convertible – Broken-Winged Bird")
Curbside Musings: 2008 Chrysler Sebring Convertible – Broken-Winged Bird
Posted on May 21, 2024 | 23 CommentsI was in the third grade when my classmate and neighborhood friend, Amy, and I had found a couple of bright blue robin’s eggs outside that appeared to have been […] -
![I’ve been thinking a lot this year about mindfulness, intentionality, and being present. In a recent essay I had written about a ’59 Ford Galaxie, I had touched on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6625-1988-91-Cadillac-Seville-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: c. 1989 Cadillac Seville – Head In The Clouds")
Curbside Musings: c. 1989 Cadillac Seville – Head In The Clouds
Posted on May 14, 2024 | 36 CommentsI’ve been thinking a lot this year about mindfulness, intentionality, and being present. In a recent essay I had written about a ’59 Ford Galaxie, I had touched on the […] -
![I didn’t really know what a “marquis” was until I looked up the definition. Why would or should I know this? There has never been any such title in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/015-1985-Mercury-Grand-Marquis-LS-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis LS – Nobility")
Curbside Musings: 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis LS – Nobility
Posted on May 7, 2024 | 83 CommentsI didn’t really know what a “marquis” was until I looked up the definition. Why would or should I know this? There has never been any such title in the […] -
![Birds have been increasingly visible in my neighborhood this spring, and I’m thrilled. The day of this writing, I had just returned from the local grocery store and had passed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/010-1996-Ford-Thunderbird-LX-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX – Migration Patterns")
Curbside Musings: 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX – Migration Patterns
Posted on April 30, 2024 | 44 CommentsBirds have been increasingly visible in my neighborhood this spring, and I’m thrilled. The day of this writing, I had just returned from the local grocery store and had passed […]
