Archives: Love

5 courses of so-called aphrodisiacs

Aphrodisiacs ahoy! Get ready to get lucky with a menu of dishes that could possibly spark arousal even if your conversational skills and physical appearance fail to do so!

Before Midnight: The darkest time of night, if night equals our lives

The third and possibly final installment of a twenty-year filmmaking project, Before Midnight ends with a dose of despair and laughter. Oh wait, no, sorry, just despair.

The Pride: The right to have a voice

There are plays that shock you, plays that cause you to outwardly express emotion, and then there are plays that make you think—really think. If you’re lucky, as I was with The Pride, you can experience all three in one night.

Off the Clock: What happens in Vegas

You know that saying “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas?” Well, that’s wrong. Sometimes, you drag what happens in Vegas home and try to live with it, even though you and what happened are almost complete strangers.

Dude, Where’s My Spouse? A divorced Dad muses on Valentine’s Day

With Valentine’s Day approaching, a divorced father reflects on the ebb-and-flow of love and relationships. Not only on how it can drag us down, but how it can lift us up as well. He also reassures us that, despite pressure from a love interest, he does not own the new Nickelback album.