Monday morning I showed up at the Skylark with my coffee and breakfast sandwich to babysit the bar as it was being prepped for a film shoot. I’d bartended the night before and seen the newly-green walls and faux-Irish bar decor. I’d listened to the grumbling of the regulars and watched the dumbfounded glances ofContinue reading “Black Emerald”
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Forty Years Ago
Sometime in the spring of ’78, I was taken out of first grade in Moscow because my parents told me we were going to take a trip. They neglected to mention we weren’t coming back. My memories of that time are fragmented and inseparable from my parents’ retellings and photos taken by friends and family.Continue reading “Forty Years Ago”
Cover Story
Finally made the cover of the Reader after eight or nine years of contributing. It was a nice surprise. A few people texted and emailed congratulations. Good to know the print version still matters a little—the cover, at least. I went to see Brokeback play at the Bottle a couple weeks ago and had aContinue reading “Cover Story”