

Day 61: Ground Control to Major Donn
In the world of athletes, a discussion usually takes place over who was the greatest. This can refer to the toughest boxer, the best...


Day 60: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Along the east bank of the Hudson river, lies a village known as Tarrytown, tucked away in the quiet glen of Sleepy Hollow. There are...


Day 59: The Isle of Pure Imagination
I'm walking into a candy shop, in the Strip District of Pittsburgh. It was a few years ago, and I was home visiting family. It's always...


Day 58: Nouveau Nectar
About two years ago, I was living in New York, overseeing the bars for a couple restaurants in the East Village of Manhattan. Among the...


Day 57: Chi-Chi Rodriguez
"Little Latin boy in drag, why are you crying?" Noxeema Jackson had a rough, yet nurturing tone to her voice. Miss Chi-Chi looked up with...


Day 56: Le Toast Legendre
It was sometime around 2010, and I was helping with another bar opening. We were unpacking our first spirits order, going through the...


Day 55: The Hero of Naboo
"Artoo is a hero of Naboo." Padmé continued, "He repaired our hyperdrive when we were running the Trade Federation blockade, and he was...


Day 54: Return to Grayskull
"At the center of the universe, at the boarder between the light and the dark stands Castle Grayskull. For countless eons the sorceress...


Day 53: Castle on a Cloud
In his 1862 novel, Les Misérables, Victor Hugo wrote “The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted,...


Day 52: Café de Calabeza
This morning, I decided to take a walk through the woods. The brisk western Pennsylvania air was a cold 40 degrees Fahrenheit, a stark...