The guiltiest of my summer pleasures is a sugar free Slurpee from 711.  Now that I have three (yes three) in my ‘hood, they have become common occurrence in my weekly purchases.  The glowing red cherry apple slush in my 711 Slurpee cup is even more glaringly fake today, as I eyed those on line [...]

I am writing a song with the lyric “pinball” in it and went Googlin’ for some inspiration. This Sesame Street nostalgia came up.  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12!  If you know it but don’t remember, or didn’t realize, it’s accompanying animation kicks off with a pull of the [...]

Barcelona was a destination to which I had wanted to return for over a decade. I spent a semester abroad in Madrid but had only stopped in Barcelona for a 2-day whirlwind “greatest hits” tour but I thought it magical, interestingly Spanish yet not exactly, and wanted to get back and see more. So it [...]