Wrapping papers were torn to shreds on Sunday morning and shiny new toys suddenly seemed passe (or, at least the batteries had died) by nightfall on Boxing Day. Quietly, and is if by magic, in the still of the night just before the big Ho Ho dropped off his share […]
According to her, I was insane. That’s what I got back after I texted my wife to say that I’d brought only the new Russell fleece zip hoodie with me to Detroit. Insane, in her mind, because the forecast in the D called for highs in the 20s and up […]
The girls and I needed to pick up a few final things to finish up our Christmas shopping, something cool for mom and for a couple of their cousins, so we hopped into the electric Kia Soul EV and zipped around our town yesterday. After stops at Old Navy and […]
Think of it this way: one day she won’t be so little. One day Super Heroes and finger food will no longer dominate the conversation. And one day she’ll be out in the world putting her own unique imprints down on top of the earth, without you by her side […]
I made my debut for the fine, dad-centric traveling site Traveling Dads this week with a tale of dreams fulfilled, Pokemon Go, The White Stripes, a doomed hockey palace, friendship, and being in love with being a dad. http://travelingdad.com/what-happened-when-two-dads-spent-a-weekend-in-snowy-detroit/ What I neglected to mention, and show, in the Traveling Dads […]
Every month I’m over on the Clorox Spin Cycle blog with a fun and sometimes funny (hey, I try) list. There’s the iconic tastes of childhood list (that I’m still super proud of because it isn’t just foods but atmosphere in which those foods are often enjoyed too — I’m […]
It was many years prior but we’d once spent a portion of a single day in Naples and, frankly, that was plenty enough for me. Granted, the largest portion of the small-ish portion of that single day occurred mostly inside and within spitting distance of the city’s central train station, […]
This isn’t hyperbole, it’s fact. Chef Dan Vargo of Seagar’s Prime Steaks and Seafood inside the Hilton Sandestin Resort in sunny FLA is the mastermind behind the greatest, richest, most decadent shrimp and grits recipe I have ever tasted, and you will ever taste. Last month, despite never having made […]
