A friend’s wedding this week has lured me to Paris, France, the City of Light. Also the city of pastry, wine, espresso, chocolate, foie gras, rich sauces, and a bunch of other stuff that will kill you in America but is somehow magically good for you in France. I find myself consuming it in quantities [...]
Yes, amazingly, there’s a correlation. Here’s a short list: 1. Influences Are Important Or at least count for a lot. For example, there are many great love songs in the world, but there are a lot of other songs — masquerading as love songs — that are really about taking hostages. They say things like: [...]
I brought my Baby Taylor guitar along for a cross-country flight to Oregon. It’s great to have around for practice because it’s small and fits overhead in the plane, no problem. As I boarded United Airlines, a flight attendant surprised me by considerately offering to put my little guitar up front in the closet. I [...]
