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What I learned this week, June 29, 2012
The Terms Great News! One of my favorite independant Coffee Houses – The Pearl Cup - is opening a new branch in Richardson – the city where I live. It is planned on opening in late September or...
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Outside Espumoso
Through the door of the Espumoso Caffe, Bishop Arts District, Dallas I was hanging out in one of my favorite places – The Espumoso Caffe, in the Bishop Arts District, in Oak Cliff, Dallas. I love the...
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What I learned this week, October 5, 2012
“All you need for a movie is a girl and a gun.” —-Jean Luc-Godard The 25 Most Awesomely Bad Movies on Netflix Instant I hate to admit it – but I’ve already seen almost all of these. Well, except for...
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Opening Bell
From an article That Jerk? C’est Moi in the Wall Street Journal: The problem with writing in coffee shops is that everyone hates the kind of people who write in coffee shops—especially the kind of...
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Mojo Cat
Mister Mojo Risin’…….. Well, I just got into town about an hour ago Took a look around, see which way the wind blow Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows Are you a lucky little lady in...
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You Can’t Get There From Here
Though I am a ridiculous old fat man on a bicycle, I have been working on increasing my mileage and exploring how to integrate cycling into my daily activities better. My goal for 2013 is three...
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Hipster Doofus
Magazine Street, New Orleans Vintage bicycles (with fenders, Brooks leather saddle, and wire baskets), a coffee shop, a sunny day, Magazine Street, New Orleans, tables on the sidewalk, nothing really...
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What I learned this week,March 01, 2013
10 Great Music-Inspired Posters I’ve done most of this stuff – read my blog to learn about them. Things to do in Dallas I love internet radio and I love local things. Internet radio from and about...
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Bike to Coffee
I am working on trying to minimize my reliance on the automobile here in the most car-centric of cities and have wanted an independent (aka not Starbucks) Coffee shop that is a good bike ride from my...
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Bullsnake
I wanted to get in a (relative… for me) long bike ride today. I took my commuter bike and loaded it up with my Kindle, my camera, notebooks and pens, plus some extra water. My idea was to ride a bit,...
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Mojo
Out the window of: Mojo Coffee Magazine Street New Orleans, Louisiana One of my favorite places. With the St. Vincent’s Guest House in the background across the street. Mojo Coffee, Magazine Street,...
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Nicaragua, Panama, Tanzania Peaberry
Nicaragua, Panama, Tanzania Peaberry, Costa Rica, Crescent City, Fuego! Nicaragua, Panama, Tanzania Peaberry, Costa Rica, Crescent City, Fuego! Mojo Coffee, Magazine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
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What I learned this week, January 9, 2015
Stylish bike rider, French Quarter, New Orleans Improve Your Self-Esteem: Start Riding My Xootr folding bicycle, Trinity River Bottoms, Dallas, Texas 5 things Dallas got right in 2014 View From the...
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Daily Writing Tip 26 of 100, The Importance Of Percolation
For one hundred days, I’m going to post a writing tip each day. I have a whole bookshelf full of writing books and I want to do some reading and increased studying of this valuable resource. This will...
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Daily Writing Tip 41 of 100, The Imagination Works Slowly and Quietly
For one hundred days, I’m going to post a writing tip each day. I have a whole bookshelf full of writing books and I want to do some reading and increased studying of this valuable resource. This will...
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Their Prowess is Potent
Reluctantly crouched at the starting line, Engines pumping and thumping in time. The green light flashes, the flags go up. Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup. They deftly maneuver and muscle...
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Twenty Years Ago
“Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer Downtown Dallas, from the 2017...
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We Are A Nation Which Cannot Remember Its Dreams
“Every reiteration of the idea that _nothing matters_ debases the human spirit. Every reiteration of the idea that there is no drama in modern life, there is only dramatization, that there is no...
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Bad Coffee Is Better Than No Coffee
“Even bad coffee is better than no coffee at all.” ― David Lynch My Xootr Swift Folding Bike, Huffhines Park, Richardson, Texas I had a tough winter – my allergies, despite my best efforts, knocked me...
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All Work And No Play Make Jack A Dull Boy
Yesterday, I wrote about riding my bike and drinking coffee. I really like my little thermos that I bought years ago at a gift shop called Plum (now sadly gone) off Magazine Street in New Orleans. It...
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