East Meets (Mid)West: Part 2 |
The New Bethel Ordinary (NBO) is the quintessential Wanamaker, Indiana tavern. As a matter of fact, it is the only restaurant, period. And it was to be the first Hoosier meal enjoyed by my freshly b...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:13:00 GMT |
East Meets (Mid)West: Part 1 |
It was the Saturday of Easter weekend, and Mom was simmering corned beef gravy on the stove while cinnamon biscuits browned in the oven. Old Spice permeated the living room as Dad watched ESPN stretc...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:57:00 GMT |
Touchdown |
November 15, 2006In high school I was a grateful recipient of the Hub Etchison Football Scholarship. Those who know me will have already discredited this story, based solely on the unlikelihood of th...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:45:00 GMT |
Don't bubble outside the lines... |
January 10, 2007Today draws to a close part one of two of my most stress-saturated times of year: the Grade 5 English Language Arts (ELA) Test. No, I do not typically struggle with reading comprehens...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:31:00 GMT |
Becoming Domestic |
December 29, 2006 Last New Year's Eve, I found myself dining in an intimately cozy 19-seat bistro in the heart of Brooklyn's Carroll Gardens. Surrounded by family and friends, Daymion astonished me w...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:03:00 GMT |
Birthday |
December 13, 2006Like many fellow New Yorkers, one job fails to sufficiently meet my financial needs. Though I regard teaching as my career, serving extravagant drinks in frosty stemmed glasses provi...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:04:00 GMT |
Careful What You Preach |
Of the sorted array of capabilities and tricks demanded of me as an educator, I must confess that the vast majority are skills that I was never taught during my collegiate teaching program. Sure, we ...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:49:00 GMT |
A Penny Earned... |
Friday, November 3, 2006Whenever my loved ones from Indiana brave their first visit to New York, they are often tormented with how to react to the homeless and beggars, particularly in the winter when...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:46:00 GMT |
Sharpie |
March 28, 2006I am sitting in front of a PowerMac monitor the size of a movie screen, and it appears miraculously somehow conjoined to its twin perched next to it. I am playing with it like a Fisher ...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:20:00 GMT |
Whoopsy Daisy |
Tuesday, August 15, 2006As anyone who has ever photographed can tell you, photo shoots can be quite expensive. Between camera rental and lenses (if you don't own), film, lighting, studio space, proce...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:36:00 GMT |
