“I’ll take a grande, quad, nonfat, one-pump, no-whip, mocha,” the pretty corporate lady says to me without looking up from her phone. “No problem,” I tell her as I write an abbreviation of her order onto a large Kava Kava paper cup. She basically wants a lightly flavored mocha with all low-fat ingredients and four …
Tag: Southern California
A Fish in Water
One of the lessons that stands out from getting my degree in journalism is how abhorrent it is to use cliches in your writing. Also, never add a descriptor to the word unique. There you go, let's wrap up for the day. But what about taking a cliche and turning it on it's head, dear …
The Black Sheep
I'm an artist at heart. But I didn't come from a family that values art. I come from a family of high-achievers who have titles like attorney, doctor, business owner, entrepreneur, Vice President, etc. My value was measured based on how high my grades were, where I went to college and how much of a …
