How often do you get lost down the internet rabbit hole? Are you down it right now? When was the last time you stood up and pat your goofy pup on the head? Take a moment and do a check. Resume reading only after you’re sure you’ve had some fresh air recently. I’m sitting here in a big empty house that isn’t mine and drinking an Orpheus Tart Plum Saison (and yes, it does taste like its main ingredients are…
As an Angeleno with a huge crush on Montgomery, Alabama, I regularly try to convince people that Montgomery doesn’t, in fact, suck. Part justification of my own behavior and part personal goal to convince the world there’s something beautiful to be found everywhere you look, I have unintentionally branded myself as Montgomery’s number one cheerleader. But today it sucks. Two days ago I chatted with a stranger and the unavoidable conversation came up. “So, where are you from?” I need…
I live in the path of Hurricane Irma and figured I’d get out an update. Not because anything interesting has happened, but because what if I want to blog when we lose power? So here you go. Irma is scheduled to blow through Montgomery sometime tomorrow evening as a tropical storm. Schools, grocery stores, and our favorite coffee shop will be closed in anticipation of it. We might lose power. My life will go unbothered by it because I am…
I know, I’m asking a lot. But think of it as being a part of the solution! Yay solutions! In the last post (Selling Out) I asked you beauties to tell me what ad was popping up for you in my fancy new sellout sponsored spot. You did not disappoint. Thank you. But, like any true hero, you are useless if you are not needed. And I need you to be a hero again. I need feedback. And you, dear…