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Woodward Dream Cruise Remembered
(Photos by A Curious Introvert) A week of classic car cruising came to an end Saturday night as the classic cars made their final loop of Woodward Avenue and said goodbye to the 2015 Woodward Dream Cruise. By Sunday morning, the only traces left of the largest one-day automotive event were a few t-shirt stands, […]
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Fall Fashion Magazines
(Photos by A Curious Introvert) One of the special yearly rituals that I have with my mother is the anticipation of the fall fashion magazines. As mid-August approaches, we start looking for our favorite magazines, Vogue, Town & Country, Elle, In Style, Bazaar, Glamour, Marie Claire, New York Times Style, and once we have our […]
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Woodward Dream Cruise Classic Cars
(Photos by A Curious Introvert) The warm-up week leading up to the 21st Woodward Dream Cruise being held this Saturday, August 15th has been outstanding. We have seen thousands of beautiful cars cruising Woodward Avenue, the food and beverages has been excellent and the weather has been very good other than a little rain (surprisingly, […]
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Simple Enjoyments of a Garden-Variety Day
(Photos by A Curious Introvert) Sometimes in life when there is no vacation on the horizon and days seem to be merging together into a blur of activities and worries, it is very easy to miss all the wonderful and simple enjoyments that can be found in an ordinary day of life. Often we […]
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World Series Dream Match-up (Nationals vs. Tigers) Still Alive But On Shaky Ground
(Photos by A Curious Introvert and Stats from mlb.com) The MLB trade deadline passed last week and the two teams in my dream World Series match-up, the Washington Nationals and Detroit Tigers, headed into the deadline with very different strategies for the final two months of the season. The Washington Nationals appear to still be […]
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Classic Cars and the Woodward Dream Cruise
(Photos taken by A Curious Introvert at Various Woodward Dream Cruises, Autoramas and NHRA Drag Racing) This weekend we made our first classic car ride down Woodward Avenue in preparation for the 21st Woodward Dream Cruise being held August 15th (according to the countdown clock I checked earlier we are at 12 days; 17 hours; […]
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Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation Movie Review
It has been almost 30 years since first watching Maverick (Tom Cruise) on the big screen riding a motorcycle in Top Gun and he proves in Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation that not only does he still have it after all these years, but that there also appears to be no signs of him losing […]
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The Gift of Sunrise
(Photos by A Curious Introvert) In the magical hour of the morning as nighttime fades and the moon slips away to bring forth the gift of another day and a magnificent sunrise on the horizon, we are given the opportunity to witness beauty and start afresh. There is no guarantee that the sunrise that greets […]
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Simple Enjoyments of Summer
(Photos by A Curious Introvert) As summer moves toward its hottest days (dreaming of cool Fall days and football) and passes by in a blink of an eye, it feels like a good time to slow down and enjoy some of the simple things of summer and try to avoid the summer heat and crowds. […]
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Rockin’ with Def Leppard and Flashbacks from the 1980s
(Photos by A Curious Introvert Except for Album Artwork) On a scorching hot night at DTE Music Theater one of my favorite heavy metal/hard rock bands from the 1980s, Def Leppard (Lead Singer Joe Elliott, Drummer Rick Allen, Guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell and Bass Guitarist Rick Savage), rocked to a sold-out crowd of […]