In 1969, a big family from Queens created a rich and lasting holiday tradition where football is more than just a game.
The First Fifty Years: How the Brennan Thanksgiving Football Bowl Came To Be
The Locals
Becoming regulars at the neighborhood bar.
The Ad Tracking Dilemma: What Six Years in Digital Advertising Taught Me, and What You Need to Know About It
What happens when you become the product?
Fourth Grade Flames: Living Through 9/11
We had to grow up quick. One Tuesday morning, our lives had changed in less than an hour.
I Did CrossFit for Two Years, Here’s What I Learned
There are a few things I learned in the last two years of doing CrossFit, both good and bad.
All You Need is an Internet Connection
What did you say to yourself around April 15th? How about March 2nd? I keep trying to log my memory for what my previous self thought at different stages throughout this pandemic. In February, when most people first started hearing the rumblings of it all, I thought this whole thing was just being exaggerated and …
Five Years from Now
Five years from now, I will be a succesful writer - doing what I love every day and getting paid for it. I wanted to start my writing today with a prompt to get me going. The first one I saw was "Five years from now, I will be..." I think it's important to give …
My First Night in College
Every college has its magical freshman bar. The repulsive sweat-stained, beer-soaked, dingy lighted sawdust bar where memories are made and true love is found. The bartenders do things completely illegal in any other establishment and the rules of regular life seem not to apply. The music is better than anything you could have hand-picked yourself. Reefer's was exactly that. It was also a nightmare.
Out of Office
You've had enough. A rough week at work rolled into a rough five months. It's time for a vacation.
The Creative Process
Any creative process is a dance between the inner and the outer; the unconscious and conscious mind; dreaming and doing; madness and method; solitary reflection and active collaboration.