This weekend Minnesota Street Rod Association holds its annual "Back to the fifties" event. Hundreds of classic American cars congregate in St. Paul at the Minnesota State Fair grounds or cruise along Snelling and University avenues. I love watching those big cars, built in the era we soared to the Moon - most look like spaceships, either very round or sharply angular - but supremely elegant and stately.
The hotel where the guests meet and spend the weekend is a mile down the road from the office so yesterday at lunch I grabbed the camera and swung by the parking lot.


