Interview 15: Learning About Jack

Another update? Oh my! Here’s another dinner interview, this time in New York City with actor/teacher Jack Freiberger. Click here or here or even here (hint: all the links lead to the same place) to learn about his work developing a one-man stage show (running off-Broadway until January) that merges…

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Interview 14: Hocus Pocus

Let me work some magic…abracadabra, here’s a new interview! This time I’m back in Washington, DC, for an interview with magician Michael Chamberlin. Click on the picture above or that link in the preceding sentence to learn about this Maryland-born magician, and also to watch a rather splendid video of…

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Interview 13: Brunch With Buzzy

A new article! It must be Christmas! Or something like that anyway. Read all about my brunch interview with Buzzy “Beano” Langford, who plays guitar in a New Orleans-based cover band. I’ll tell you in advance that I neglected to ask why his nickname is Beano, so please forgive my…

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Interview 12: Chatting In The Crescent City

Hooray, another dinner with a stranger, this time in New Orleans. Click here to read my recent interview with Jerry Gandolfo, owner of the city’s Historic Voodoo Museum and all-round nice guy with plenty of stories to share about voodoo. He also touches on life before and after Hurricane Katrina,…

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Interview 11: Learning About Lars

Do you want another write-up of an interview with a stranger? Well, my mum always says that “‘I want’ never gets’” so perhaps you should have thought about asking more politely. But I’ll let it slide this time and instead serve up the latest article for this site. That’s right!…

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Interview 10: Putting On A Performance

An update with actual content, fancy that! The latest dinner with a stranger is available for your reading pleasure. It took place a few weeks ago in New York City and is with Cecil Baldwin. Cecil is trying to make it full-time as an actor in Manhattan. Click away to…

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Interview 9: Piece Of Pizza

Here’s another dinner with a stranger. In an embarrassing sign of my tardiness the interview was done exactly two months ago today, but let’s skip over that tiny detail. This dinner (or more accurately lunch) is with two co-owners of a pizzeria in Washington, DC. Click on the picture of…

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Interview 7: Learning About Lynda

Time for another dinner interview article? Yes it is! Click here to read about my recent trip to Brooklyn and my dinner with stranger Lynda Eselp. Or don’t click. It’s your choice. Really, don’t feel pressured. But that link to the article is feeling awfully sad today and a click…

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Interview 6: Clowning Around

At last, the sixth dinner with a stranger. During a recent trip to Santa Monica I sat down for burgers with a very pleasant man named Diego Barquinero. Some people may know him better as VeeKay the Clown. Read my interview with Diego/VeeKay to find out about his life in…

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