Sausalito, California first caught my attention while I was researching the back story to Otis Redding’s, “(Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay”. I was curious about what led him to write it and if he had a deep relationship with the city. The research was a little disappointing. I was left with three tourist […]
Places
Looking forward to looking for the fear and loathing in San Francisco Bay Area
I told Katie when she was offered the job here in East Bay that the last place on earth I wanted to live was San Francisco, California. At the time I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. I pointed out that I didn’t like that the area was uber-expensive, crowded, lived off the ghosts […]
[Open ‘Thank You’ Letter to] Ellie Goulding. Aragon Ballroom. Chicago, IL. January 29, 2013.
As I was finding my seat on the plane, my consultant was quickly rising to your defense before I shut the phone off. She told me how, “Your Song,” was the theme song to Prince William & Kate Middleton’s wedding and that Elton John gave the version his blessing. I told her that argument softened […]
What is the best blue cheese cheeseburger in Valpo? In #nwindiana? Anywhere?
So my banker, Kevin Gould, & I have been looking for a new adventure to start off 2013 – a cleanse the palate, clean the slate, turn the page, start the year off right sort-of-thing. We’ve also been looking for something that’d we’d both love to write about for almost a year. Then it happened […]
2012 Bucket List & keeping promises to myself
As Project 03 re-teaches me all the things I used to know about commitment, integrity and work ethic, I find myself going back through all the list of things I said I’d do. My bucket list for 2012 as you will. More than getting my career to a point where I can travel and research […]
The Minnesota Verdict – TBC
I looked forward to my trip to Minneapolis. was a crossroads for my first Book of Blues. Good and great stuff keeps being said of Book of Blues, but I needed to hear something harsh. I don’t care how much I put into the book. Someone has to hate it eventually. Those people are out […]
Plans for Minnesota – Awaiting My Cousin’s Unbiased Book Edits
Awaiting book edits is equal parts agony, anxiety, and anticipation. Back in the 1990s, I got my cousin to listen to an abstract, coffee house hip-hip band from New York named Soul Coughing. Back in the early 2000s, my cousin came to visit me when I lived in a place my world dubbed The Corn […]