My Beef with Chick-fil-A
Today is my early day. Ideally, I’d go home to drop off my things, and head to the Chick-fil-A on Exit 13 – it’s my favorite location. The nuggets there are always fresh, waffle fries are always crisp, and when I order a ‘half and half, more tea than lemonade,’ they make it perfectly every time. … [Read more]
It’s the morning after the 4th of July, and I’m surveying the wreckage. My back yard is spilling over with the aftermath of an all-day party featuring 20 bands, a root beer keg, plenty of “real” beer too, a kiddie pool located dangerously close to a power line that got knocked down by that vicious storm the other day, and a whole lotta people actin’ ignorant (we tried to get a Chuck E.… [Read more]
Latin America is a huge region spanning much of the Americas. Its topography, geography and peoples are among the most diverse in the world. Its people, though, by far are its greatest asset with their wonderful music, literature and arts, their lavish hospitality and their incredibly rich languages.
Latin America, however, has its ‘dark side’. With bloody civil wars, rampant crime and, perhaps worst of all, its ever-pervasive classism.… [Read more]
I left Germany earlier and I’m now in France. Being away from home reminds me of a recent online conversation I had with a friend who is relocating; she’s leaving the United States for the next few years. Her impending departure got us talking; I’m relaying here what I said to her about what it feels like to leave this country and what there is to like enough to want to return.… [Read more]
