This is hardly breaking news anymore, and my site isn’t exactly CNN, but on Election Day in the States, voters approved measures in Maine, Maryland and Washington to legalize same-sex marriage. In Minnesota, voters also rejected a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. It’s still unlawful at the federal…
East Coast Travels
A quick update on my travel plans — Philadelphia and New York City are now on the list for weekend trips in October. I’ll be in the City of Brotherly Love Oct. 6-7 and the Big Apple Oct. 13-14. I also like using city nicknames, apparently. If you live in…
Visiting The Golden State
In late October and early November I’ll be in California — Los Angeles, specifically — for a couple of days. Check out my travel plans page for more information. If you live out there and are interested in doing a dinner interview, please get in touch. Also, in terms of…
Good Taste & Gatherings
If you’re interested in food and have a couple of dollars to spare, there’s a Kickstarter project out in Los Angeles that you might want to read about. It’s a planned documentary web series called “Good Taste & Gatherings,” which will focus on people with who like food and bringing…
Interview 45: Working Hard For The Money
In 2010, I had brunch with Malachi Marx, a straight man who did gay porn to pay the bills. He was pretty sour on most of his experiences in the industry. Fast-forward to July 2012 and I found myself sitting across a restaurant table from Antonio Biaggi, an out gay…
Made In England
My travel plans within the United States are a little uncertain for the rest of the year — potentially a trip to Los Angeles in October/November, so as always I’d be interested to hear from people in the City of Angels who are up for an interview. However, I’ll be…
Interview 44: Talking With A Tutor
I’m going to blame the ongoing heatwave in Washington for the reason that I haven’t updated this site in a while. It has nothing whatsoever to do with laziness or other personal faults. Not at all. Entirely due to the weather. Regardless, today you get a new interview. My 44th…
Interview 43: Chatting With A Cartoonist
It took almost three months, but here’s a new interview. A few weekends ago I traveled to Baltimore to get brunch with Ben Claassen III. He’s a cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Dirtfarm. Click here to learn about his work, and also about his somewhat unusual experiences…
Brunch With Ben
It’s been quite some time since my last dinner interview. That will thankfully change in the coming week when I put up my brunch interview with cartoonist Ben Claassen III. I met Ben in Baltimore and he told me all about his artistic work. More on that when I put…
Summer In The Sunshine State
The travel plans page has been updated to include an upcoming trip I’m taking in July to Florida. I’ll be in Miami from July 18-20 and Key West from July 20-22. If you live in either place and want to sit down to dinner for an interview, please get in…