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Walk and Talk Archive
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Will There Be Curbside Classics? A Survey Of All The Cars On Five Random Blocks Of Eugene
Posted on July 28, 2024 | 51 Comments(first posted 10/1/2012) While out on a bike ride in a neighborhood I normally never ride through, an idea suddenly popped in my head: Why not photograph every car on […] -
Used Car Lot Walk & Talk: Humming An Ocean Lyriq During The Solstice
Posted on May 15, 2024 | 36 CommentsHave we ever done a Walk & Talk featuring a late model used car lot? If not, today is your lucky day! All these pictures were taken Sunday, May 5, […] -
Parking Lot Classics: 1985 Pontiac Fiero GT And Friends – There’s Always A Memory Or Two In My Local Shopping Center’s Parking Lot
Posted on October 12, 2023 | 25 CommentsMy local corner shopping center has a mixture of shops; anchored by a semi-bougie grocery store there’s a distillery, a few eateries, an actual butcher, a baker, a pharmacy, a […] -
CC Walk, Talk, and Travel: Sometimes The World Is A Static Place
Posted on July 14, 2023 | 40 CommentsSince becoming involved with CC over a decade ago, one of my observations in various travels around the United States is how the automotive environment greatly differs from region to […] -
By Car, Train, and Boat: Invading Los Angeles County
Posted on June 30, 2023 | 62 CommentsThis is the city – Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles is a city whose name is known in many corners of the planet, a city having an abundance of offerings […] -
Salvage Yard Classics: A Trip To Kansas City
Posted on May 5, 2023 | 36 CommentsWhat’s a guy to do when he has a short but indeterminate amount of time to kill when in Kansas City? Why, you drop off the wife at her destination […] -
Creekside Classics: Opal Creek Mining Camp Survivors – They Rust In Pieces
Posted on January 29, 2023 | 50 Comments(first posted 4/22/2013) On Sundays, we usually head for the great outdoors, a break from cars and CC. But sometimes they’re hard to get away from, even in the deep […] -
The Critter Cam Captures The Cars Of My Neighborhood
Posted on March 20, 2018 | 36 CommentsThis past Christmas, Santa brought a wildlife camera to Casa de Shafer. We recently had reason to mount it on the front porch (you’ll soon see why) and we inadvertently […] -
CC Walk & Talk Photo Album: Some Spring Cleaning Of My Photo Archives
Posted on April 27, 2017 | 58 CommentsSpring is here in full-throttle mode. The blossoms are gone from the trees and the leaves aren’t yet fully mature. It’s a wonderful time of the year, with the days […] -
CC Walk: A Stroll Around Boise’s North End – CC Cornucopia
Posted on May 8, 2016 | 35 CommentsBoise, Idaho is a city that is increasingly in the public’s mind as a desirable place to live. Friends of mine are in the process of moving there so I […] -
Walk & Talk: What Can Be Found At 0700 On Market Street In Downtown St. Louis?
Posted on March 15, 2016 | 26 CommentsLast week I honored my invitation to speak at an annual convention of fellow engineers. This annual festivity was being held at the Union Station Hotel in downtown St. Louis. -
Car Show Report: The 2015 Loafers Car Show – Some White, Some Green, With One In Between
Posted on July 17, 2015 | 38 CommentsBack in May, I met former CC editor Tom Klockau in my old stomping grounds of Hannibal, Missouri, for the annual Loafers Car Show. Tom reported on last year’s show […] -
CC Walk And Talk: No Quit In The Whit
Posted on April 27, 2015 | 15 CommentsIf I were a gamblin’ man I’d reckon there are more articles here about, and pictures of, cars in the Whitaker neighborhood of Eugene than any other place. I work […] -
Curbsidelandia Walkabout: Portland’s Belmont Neighborhood
Posted on April 16, 2015 | 36 CommentsWhat to do with a partly sunny, brisk Sunday afternoon and no real plans? Well after re-joining my gym and getting a break-in workout, I thought ‘I think Ive earned […]