Note: this essay is lightly adapted from a recent edition of UNCLE DAD, a sporadic self-published DINFONTAY newsletter. Sign up here. I never used to vote. The first time I ever …
Read More →Manhattan is made of garbage. Part of it, at least. A lot of people don’t realize this, but in the Seventies, the city pushed a bunch of landfill from the …
Read More →Note: this essay is lightly adapted from a recent DINFONTAY e-newsletter. Sign up here. Yesterday was my last day at Thrillist. I’ve been working there for the better part of the past decade. …
Read More →Note: this essay originally appeared in the DINFONTAY e-newsletter. Sign up here. The thing about working really hard on something is that time passes. I remember the minor-league ballgame in Rochester as though …
Read More →I almost never go on press junkets anymore, because most of them are tedious, catastrophic, or (somehow!) both. But I’ve never been to a NASCAR race in my life, so when Miller …
Read More →Fellow Paradise Falls Mini Golf & Batting Cage Oasis season pass-holders: I write you today in fraternity to notify you that my armed militia will be occupying the pro shop/snack …
Read More →If you’re reading this, you already know: I won a James Beard Foundation Award! So you’re probably looking for more specifics. Fair! I was nominated for a JBF Award in …
Read More →Italian cocktails don’t get a lot of play in non-mixology circles. Hell, besides the Negroni, I’d never really given the category much thought. It’s all tinted liqueurs and goofy stemmed glasses, just …
Read More →Last month, the kind people at the Shorty Awards invited me to host #SHORTYSTORIES, a monthly speaking series for #digital #content #dorks. Here’s the footage from the night. Big thanks …
Read More →Habeus corpus? More like schmabeus schmorpus, amirite?! Stop and RISK: Officers harassing citizens over scofflaws in high-crime neighborhoods already breeds community-wide mistrust for authority, so why not spice it up …
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