A Wall and a Baby
These past two years have been a storm. Up has so often looked down, and when you’re that type of dizzy, all you have to hold on to, blindly, is your core. I got a promotion at work last week….
I Wasn’t Looking
You left without a sound,floating, snout down, in the pool.You weren’t in your eyes anymore,all I found in them was me. Sliced my eyes with memories,so I didn’t see you slip underneath,alone,looking for me. I miss the excitement in your…
saga
Incoming delayed review. I went to Saga, the fine dining restaurant perched on the 63rd floor of 70 Pine Street in the financial district, late last summer. Sitting outside on a terrace overlooking the hudson, the dinner view was one…
corima
My friend Tony and I sat at chef’s counter at corima and indulged in their tasting menu, which was incredibly reasonable for a michelin star place. Each dish was a mixed inspiration of northern Mexican and asian. Our waiter told…
Farewell Friend
I found him floating in the pool out back, in that sunny backyard he loved so much. It’s taken me two months to write that. It still sounds as surreal to me as the day it happened in late January….
The Illusion of Control
The past six months have been a whirlwind of change. My parents followed my brother and his family down to Raleigh last Fall, uprooting the last “anchor” I had in Baltimore. (Some of my best friends are still there.) My…