MILES TO GO: DON’T BE A JERK; IT’S TOO HOT
OK, Key West. We’ve got to stick together.
It’s summertime in the Southernmost City and we’ve already had several days’ worth of heat advisories and triple-digit “feels like”...
MILES TO GO: I HEARD YA, DAD (I ROLLED MY EYES, BUT I HEARD)
Parents never think their kids are listening to them. They’re convinced our whole lives that their words fall on deaf ears. And admittedly, sometimes they do. But...
MILES TO GO: I WANT MY 30s BACK
Encyclopedia Britannica defines middle age as the period between the ages of 40 and 60.
Just kidding, I won’t start a column as if writing the world’s worst...
MILES TO GO: GREED VS. GRATUITY
My thanks to every restaurant that tells customers when a gratuity has been added to their bill. And no, that fine print at the bottom of a...
MILES TO GO: THIS ONE’S FOR MOM (NOT DAD)
My mom worries. Always has and always will.
She’s worried at least for as long as I've been old enough to notice. Admittedly, I noticed she's a worrier...
MILES TO GO: AN IDENTITY CRISIS
We had a bit of a crisis on South Street last week. An identity crisis. For a cat. Seriously.
Our sweet (if occasionally ornery) 6-month-old kitten, Georgia, was...
MILES TO GO: SMARTEN UP, SUCKERS, THIS IS EMBARRASSING
An email that arrived on Valentine’s Day this year caught my eye — then raised my blood pressure.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, nearly 70,000 Americans lost...
MILES TO GO: FAMILY-STYLE VACATION
“I’m tellin’ Mom.”
Three little words with the power to transport us back in time, to the ages of about 5 to 13, back to juvenile threats and...
MILES TO GO: A SUPER BOWL MIRACLE (AND A RAISED MIDDLE FINGER)
It was sort of a Super Bowl miracle. Not because the Chiefs won. They deserved it, given the Eagles’ defense in the second half.
But because only one...
MILES TO GO: BEFORE GPS…WE WERE LOST
A machine replaced me. Hallelujah. I couldn't be happier.
I am no longer responsible for road-trip navigation, having happily outsourced the (non-paying) job to the satellite-directed voice that...
