Rants and Ravings of a Misguided Dreamer and Observer
Salutations™!! Today, I learned some very sad news. Finnigan’s Wake will be closing its doors permanently on October 30. Finnigan’s Wake is THE reason the Arts District in Downtown Winston-Salem exploded in to ’00s. Yes, there were other now-staples such as Sweet Potatoes and 6th & Vine, but none had the impact that Fins did….
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Salutations™!! On The Beer Dads last night, we talked about the Cleveland Indians changing their name starting next season. We talk about the Washington Football Team doing that but being much less efficient at doing it. We get in the weeds about how money rules everything, which it does. It’s an interesting conversation. Check it…
Salutations™!! So, yesterday was the end of the “Big Job 2020.” A refresher here: the big job is always the videos and voice-overs for the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership’s Annual Excellence Awards. The Excellence Awards are always at the annual meeting of the DWSP in February and highlights companies, businesses, people and events that made a…
Salutations™!! I’m finally starting to really clear up from all my crap the last weeks. There’s definitely a light at the end of the tunnel. I talked a good bit today so I’m a bit hoarse still but that’s getting better, as well. I was able to sing a little today which has definitely been…
Salutations™!! Deep sigh… That’s what I just let out when I realized that today is the 1,827th blog post I’ve written since November 1, 2014. Perhaps more because I think there was at least one day, perhaps two, that I wrote more than one for a day. On November 1, 2014, Kristen Daukas and Nick…
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Salutations™!! Today we recorded The Man Who Ate the Town and published The Beer Dads. The Beer Dads podcast was about what happens when a surprise comes from your college-aged son (and no, not a preggers scare). You can hear that HERE. On TMWATT I had to do a rebuttal to an email/comment that someone…
Salutations™!! So, my normal “Spinning Sunday” post didn’t happen. In fact, whilst I’m posting this for Sunday, I wrote it Monday night. We did The Big Sip Fest, drank a good bit, ate some good food, went to Willows anyway and then grabbed a ride home and promptly fell asleep. I woke up, we went…
Salutations™!! Today on The Man Who Ate the Town podcast, I announced my Top 10 Burgers in WSNC (ish). You can listen to that list on the podcast HERE. You can wait to read the list if you prefer. That post comes out tomorrow at noon. Now, what you may want to listen to the…
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Salutations™!! Essentially, through my entire adult life, I’ve struggled with my weight. I’ve fluctuated up and down, huge, big, whatever. Currently, I’m the biggest I’ve ever been. I’m over 300 lbs. I go between 302-314. At least those are when I can bring myself to actually get on the scale. Now, what bothers me the…
Salutations™!! It’s only Tuesday and there are already four podcasts to tell about. There will be two more this week, at least that’s the plan. One for sure and other is probable. The Man Who Ate the Town has developers of the new Sentinel Commons center talking about the project. Listen to that HERE. The Beer…