I’ve been blessed and even in saying that I feel like a hypocrite. I’m not a religious man, never have been and perhaps, I haven’t earned the right to claim I am blessed. But I believe in the teachings of good and doing right by your fellow man. I’ve lived a life under the conscience […]
As a lifelong sports fan, I’ve learned so much about life. From the first backyard football game I caught a pass in, to the first baseball game my parents took me to and on up until this very moment, I’ve learned and continue to learn so much about the world and my life. The ups […]
Soooo, it’s not personal. Nothing personal at all. I just don’t like Phil Collins. I mean, not as a person, I’ve never met him. Perhaps he’s a terrific father, a fine husband and a gentle lover. I just don’t care. I do not like his music. Never have and never will. Do I hate him? […]
And so, we begin 2022. Au revoir 2021, we hardly knew ya. To be fair, 2021 never felt like its own entity. It never felt like a year had changed. 2021 seemed to be a continuation, a variation on a theme. For instance, every time I hear about a piece by Beethoven or Mozart, it’s […]
As we all stagger, fall back and re-stagger back to normalcy, I’ve decided to begin an old event with my dad that I loved. Adventure days. In early 2020, once a week, I would take my dad somewhere he’d never seen or visited, in and around Los Angeles. And then we would find a new […]
The gravity of time pulls on all of us. Many of us spend our lives in the pursuit against that gravity but the scientific truth is that the gravity always wins in the end. Father Time is undefeated. As a person who loves and takes care of his Dad, I see the everyday in’s and […]
As I pondered my words for this week, I looked at writing about a recent stay in Downtown Los Angeles and the change it’s undergone this past year. I wrote notes on the change of the dynamic in that area and the future it holds. And then Phil Mickelson happened and that piece is set […]
Chile Relleno has been a large part of my food education, since I was a little boy. I remember eating Relleno’s at family dinners and enjoying the wonder of which pepper was gonna be the hot one. As I’ve gotten older, and moved to California, the search for the ideal Chile Relleno has become one […]
I’m a story teller. A teller of tales, a weaver of webs and a spinner of yarns. It’s what I love to do and I’ve done since I was a boy. As many friends will tell you, I often repeat the same stories over and over but I still tell them with glee. I learned […]
It started as a lark. A contest I read about on Instagram and told my self, ‘What the hell.’ As a long time worker in the hospitality industry, I’ve always considered myself a writer first and foremost and this past year, I finished my first novel. Now, I’ve written fifteen or so screenplays, TV pilots, […]
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