Adventures at the best fish market in the Bay Area (22/40) My oldest daughter, Jovie, loves...
Storytelling
Trading roots for a genuinely inclusive future
My childhood friend, Juan David, and I shared a love for old salsa and jazz. When he was hired to...
A Post-Pandemic Matisse Pastoral
Of the Norovirus and Other Joys of Pietri Dish Parenting “I’d rather die on my feet than live on...
Video Performance: The Hair Brushing Vortex
I performed this story at the West Side Stories in Petaluma. It's based on an essay I wrote and...
The Stories We Tell To Help You Part With Your Money
Twice a year, the insurance company I worked for would get all its salespeople together to receive...
The Royal Pains of Parenting No One Tells You About
My daughter was pretending her animal figurines were lively dinosaurs roaring at each other. I sat...
The phantom limb sensation of a $100 bill I’ve never owned
"People don't really want to be rich," I told myself as I looked around the empty conference room...
Money-Making Seminars Promised Me the American Dream
The stranger made a beeline toward my wife and me through the sea of Christmas shoppers drowning...
Making Art That Reflects Who You Are
And the benefits of knowing about the spotlight effect I watched a video with text that read, “me...
UnFinished Business – Video
I performed this piece at the Mystic Theatre last year during West Side Story’s annual Grand Slam....
Entangling the Approval and the Pleasure of Your Art
In art-making, it is very important to learn to distinguish between the intrinsic pleasure of the activity and the approval, feedback and acceptance from the audience outside of ourselves.
Art That Lives Beyond the Page
Calling all storytellers, comedians, and solo-performers My buddy and novelist Kyle Rutkin is...
Recent Articles
Osso Buco A La Hemingway
Cook your food in style, and like the man you are not. Photo by MD Duran on Unsplash I’ve been playing with the idea of writing a recipe for a long time. You see, I love cooking. It is something I...
The Auschwitz Dad Primer for Parenting
Drawing Parenting Wisdom From the Most Horrific Episode of Modern History Photo by Jerry Wang on Unsplash A friend texted me a link to the audiobook of Viktor Frankl’s “Man Search for Meaning.” I...
My Mom Slipping and Stumbling at a Foam Party to Embarrass Me
The Avatar in Hair Curlers Remote-Controlling My Destiny Photo by TRIN WA on Unsplash I didn’t kill him because I thought it was amusing. I had a green light to turn left, and as I started going, I...