How often are our footsteps the only thing we hear? I’d venture to say it’s a rarity, living and working in the city, which is such a shame as the world beneath us is so large yet we seldom pay… Read More ›
Travel
Hawai-I Do
I can’t remember all the details, which is a shame. It was a week for the ages, a celebration of a commitment between two wonderful friends, an elation of the union we were actually part of, in a small way,… Read More ›
When the Going Gets Stuff
The movers will arrive in exactly one week. We will cram our stuff into cardboard boxes labeled stuff. We will pack our bags and collapse the bugaboo, and probably attach a few “free” post-it notes to the lamps and fans… Read More ›
Cutta to the Chase
He must of have been a problem solver at his day job. He stood in a coach’s stance, his Prada glasses pinched tight against a red nose pointed up at me. To avoid any doubt, that made him shorter than… Read More ›
Write Like a Maniac
“Write like a maniac,” I said. With power, there would be no excuses. I dug my rear into 36K and prepared my writing space. My words bounced off the seat backs in front of us. My new best friends, in… Read More ›
Cheeseburger in Tuscany
The sun burnt my skin, sour candy formed one of those strange bump things on my tongue, and even, just once or twice, a rogue glass-too-many hurt my head the next morning. Too much of a good thing can be,… Read More ›
TAPed Out
They even locked the bloody mini-bar! My story starts something like Lord of the Flies, but my plane did not dive into the sea and instead we diverted 30 minutes south to a resort town to refuel (so… Read More ›
Talking Heads
Talk to the Hand WellI am finally home after three-plus-weeks of working from the road. I’d like to say I have a profound post for mydedicated eD followers, but I am afraid I am too damn tired to even try… Read More ›
Always a Catch in a Ride
I just bought an iceberg. My cabbie answers the phone, works the radio, and every now and again picks up his fares. He epitomizes an “owner and operator” and we have built up a repertoire over the last several months. … Read More ›
Take Off, Eh?
This post was written in 3B – three beers – and it looks good, eh? A week on a plane – sounds kind of like a terribly awesome Samuel L. Jackson movie. Fasten your seat belts because this month, it’s my… Read More ›