He sends me a text at 5:30 pm. "Hey, I'm on my way back to DC from Florida. Let me know if you want to meet tonight. I've got functions to attend all weekend unfortunately. There was always a "function". Something came up every time I wanted to make plans with him. It was see him when he wanted to see me, you know, wait by the phone. Cause I'm ( Read more... )

I went to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting tonight.I forgot it was St. Patrick's day. And I wasn't wearing green either. I thought to myself that this might be kind of funny to other people. You know, to do the exact opposite of what you are suppose to do on a day that has a tradition behind it ( Read more... )

Took the bus to New York this weekend. It is always a culture shock when I get off in Manhattan. It's almost as if I've never been there before-all the tall buildings and lights and crowded sidewalks ( Read more... )

Last weekend, I got Knoxed up. It was a too much for one town kinda week. Southern Fried, Sundown in the City, a queer arts gallery show, an art opening featuring my good buddy Bran Rogers, a Wanda Jackson concert, and the International Biscuit Festival ( Read more... )

Inspired by the OG holla back girl Blueflame11, I've decided to stop ignoring the incessant DC button down backtalk-mostly about my mustache ( Read more... )

The great thing about visitors coming to where you live is that things feel new when you are with them. After a few visits to New York over the years, it was exciting to show DC to Katie ( Read more... )

I'm not as tech savvy enough to screen shot the posting. But...remember the sass fabulous guy that I use to write about. Yeah, well...he's kinda notorious now. This is a missed connections post from a bar called JRs ( Read more... )

There is probably nothing that gets me more enraged than the arrogance of the haves during states of emergency. The feeling was definitely there during my shifts over the weekend. This "I've been driving to work since Friday. "I" have four wheel drive." "People knew about this ahead of time, they should be at work." As if everyone else's situation ( Read more... )

My world is a translucent dome of flutter and sickles. They say the snow totals will make this the snowiest winter since 1884. The wind picked up on this one. As fast as 40 miles per hour. Trees will fall on power lines soon, so I'm charging everything. Don't have to be at work until Thurs night. If it settles down, I might go in at 11 pm tonight. ( Read more... )

I'm currently hunkered down in large house in Arlington, VA. Outside the window, it looks like Antarctica. The papers say it's the worst since 1922 when 28 inches of snow fell on DC and collapsed the roof of a theater used as a shelter, killing 98 people inside. It was called the Kickerboxer storm, named after the theater ( Read more... )