Last week I was standing outside my office building in Chicago watching this group of tourists getting absolutely destroyed by one of those sudden spring storms we get here. You…
Last Tuesday I found myself in a staff room in South London that smelled like instant coffee and desperation, watching this English teacher named Tom get ready for what he…
I had this moment about two years ago when I was visiting my girlfriend's family in Vermont, and her dad showed up to breakfast wearing this perfectly worn-in Filson jacket,…
There's this moment that happens every year in Britain when the temperature hits like 22 degrees and suddenly everyone loses their absolute minds. I saw it go down just last…
Last spring I watched my neighbor Mike suffer through his brother's wedding in what looked like a really nice suit that apparently hated him back. Every time he tried to…
So there I was last month, staring at my closet like it had personally offended me. Which, honestly, it kind of had. My friend Sarah had just told me at…
It started with me standing in my tiny SF apartment at 2 AM, staring at another Amazon package I’d apparently ordered but couldn’t remember. Was it the gray henley? Another…
So there I was last Tuesday night, standing in line at Jackson's school pickup, when I noticed Mike from the PTA wearing what had to be a $200 shirt. You…
So I’m sitting at this coffee place in Lincoln Park last Tuesday, supposed to be working on some campaign briefs but honestly just procrastinating hard and watching people walk by.…
I need to tell you about the most embarrassing moment of my adult life, and it happened on a random Wednesday morning about three years ago. I was getting ready…