The Meatball. Ah, the Meatball. It just brings me right back to the kitchen in the big cabin by the lake, in Minnesota, where I spent many of summer nights noshing on the culmination of our family’s perfected recipe. … Read More ›
Life
The Butterflies
It’s that feeling in your stomach when someone else controls a fate that you once believed to be predetermined. The extraordinary commotion inside of you puzzles your gut when you realize that perhaps the next instant may not unfold in… Read More ›
A Merry Can I Doles
I’m not crying,my eye is leaking. Wine glasses are meant to be broken, people are not. I knew we were in trouble immediately when the scenic opening of American Idol from San Francisco made us verklempt before the scrawny host… Read More ›
Keeping it G-Real This Christmas
Keeping it G-Real this Christmas!!! All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth! Really? I mean, wouldn’t you at least ask for a full set of molars? I judge and make bad jokes. It… Read More ›
Location, Location, Wait What Was I Saying?
We apartment hunt like we are trying to lose a tail: speed left; u-turn and take the first alley-way; fix your scarf and engage the flashers (mind out of the gutter, boys); reverse back onto the traffic circle; mind the… Read More ›
Thank You, and Happy Weekend!
Grown man laughs for 780 yards… Your support and encouragement has meant the world to me. My blog has exploded, the readership is already in double digits! You may think I am being sarcastic, and maybe I am … a… Read More ›
Yo, Self, Get Out There!
I was 22 when I stuffed two large backpacks into a locker at Nadi International Airport. I just finished almost a full year of travels, and I jumped at the opportunity to have an island stopover on my way home. … Read More ›