by Steve Purdy | Jun 13, 2018 | TRAVEL STORIES
2018 LEXUS RX350 F-SPORT to BOYNE MOUNTAIN Road Trip Review from A Shunpiker’s Journal By Steve Purdy Detroit Editor The Auto Channel It’s time for some relaxing, solitary road therapy as I review this brash new Lexus RX 350 F-Sport on an unstructured excursion to a...
by Steve Purdy | Aug 30, 2017 | TRAVEL STORIES
PARIS to NORMANDY plus OXFORD There and Back Again A Travel Narrative By Steve Purdy August 2017 DAY ONE – TRAVEL DAY After a few hours of delay at the airport at Detroit we’re headed across the big water for a long-planned Viking River Cruise from Paris to...
by Steve Purdy | Jul 23, 2017 | OTHER STORIES
A Culinary Delight In the fall of 1968 I was 20 years old, had been in and out of college without much to show for it, and was at eminent risk of being drafted to be cannon fodder for the war in Viet Nam. With my brother Wendell’s help I found an open slot in the...
by Steve Purdy | Jul 23, 2017 | OTHER STORIES
Ain’t Mother Nature grand! An intense summer storm ripped through here a couple hours ago. My pretty blonde and I were out on the deck, she petting the black cat and I putting away the leaf blower after clearing the deck of a week’s accumulation of debris. The wind...
by Steve Purdy | Jul 19, 2017 | OTHER STORIES
To tell this story I must first introduce you to a charming cat and a classy automobile. Both play significant roles in this description of a summer day rich in adventure and detail that exemplifies the life of this Midwest auto writer. Dickens was a beautiful,...
by Steve Purdy | Apr 15, 2017 | AUTO HISTORY
For those readers who think there is no altruism left in the world I’d like to tell you the story of a Mama, a Baby and the couple who brought them home for good after they wandered the country apart for over 100 years. Two of the principals in this fascinating story...