Courtney Crowder is a news and features reporter writing about people and culture at the @DMRegister. Previously: @chicagotribune, @WGNRadio.
Ryland Kelting pushes his vivid turquoise glasses from the bridge of his nose to his forehead and leans in so close to his mirror that his breath fogs the glass.
Alle Amos and her friend eagerly grabbed a handful of brightly colored dry-erase markers from Peggy’s Tavern…