Rochester. Time to lighten up.
I know that can be a tall order. It’s the end of February, and even if this winter wasn’t cold or snowy, it was certainly grey and gloomy.
Donald Trump has already built his wall, and I am paying for it.
My friends are paying for it. My family is paying for it. America is paying for it.
My first vote was cast on February 5, 2008.
If you’re feeling old right now, I apologize.
I remember that date so well because it was two days after my 18th birthday. As a giant nerd, I was a little too excited to be able to vote in the New York State primary for such a monumental election.
Put a park at Midtown.
No, seriously.
Rochester is teetering on the brink of a revitalization, and there are a lot of factors at play in that.
Fall is upon us, so it’s time for all your favorite fall activities: drinking pumpkin beer and hot apple cider around a bonfire, apple picking, pumpkin carving, crunching through leaves, haunted hay rides, and most importantly, stereotyping all these activities as only for…
In an effort to write more, I’m going to…well, I’m going to write more. I want to work on being a better storyteller and joke writer, and the best way to do that is to tell people stories. That means you’ll* have to suffer through my practice, so I’ll…
Okay, maybe not the worst, but at least the most interesting.
It was February 14th (duh). I had just turned 21 that year. My birthday is February 3rd, and my roommate’s was February 18th, so I was milking her DD status as much as possible…
As a young woman, I am constantly in need of the advice and life mentoring of older men. At least, that’s what most of them apparently think. I blame it on the hubris of privilege, because most of the 40 year old+ men I’ve met who have taken this tactic seem to be laboring under the delusion what…
A few months ago, I happened across an article about a photo series eulogizing the ghost town of Rochester, NY. I was rather surprised to hear that the city I was currently living and working in was a ghost town, considering there…
