Tag: Blues

The Best Way Ever to Avoid the Blues

Rainy days are rare in San Francisco, my beloved hometown, where the streets go from quirky to beautiful, the views are stunning, and the urban walks are enticing. (Don’t believe the bad press; downtowns everywhere have problems.) Walking in San Francisco is my daily joy. But I take a rainy...

The Varsity Blues Mastermind Got Prison Time for His White Collar Crime. Does That Mean the System is Fair?

The Varsity Blues scandal is in the news again, this time after its mastermind-turned-FBI informant, Rick Singer, was sentenced following a plea deal. The scandal first captured public attention when Lori Loughlin, the actress best known for her role as Aunt Becky on Full House, along with Desperate...

Post-Op Blues: Life and Distress After Surgery

Happy New Year, beautiful humans! Give love to those around you for an extra minute today; it could become a healthy habit. You're caught up if you read this piece about my fear of exactly this. Post-operation life. TLDR? I had my right foot majorly fucked with, surgically s...

NYC blues

Didn’t sleep properly yesterday — drank a pretty much full cup of bitter Matcha tea, still don’t have almond milk or any kind of other milk or cream at the apt being cautious not to bring too much of stuff that potentially could go bad if I left the city for a few days. And yes, fo...

Heaven???s Door Spirits, in collaboration with Bob Dylan, releases Homesick Blues.

CHICAGO … Heaven’s Door Spirits, the award-winning collection of American whiskeys founded by Bob Dylan, proudly announces the launch of “Homesick Blues” Minnesota Wheated Bourbon. This limited release offering pays homage to Dylan’s birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota and...

Texas Blues in a Barcelona Park

Last night I experienced another Barcelona music treat when I saw Hash Brown and the Blues All Stars play at the L’Hospitalet de Llobregat Festes de Primavera (spring festival). The all-age (but mostly older) crowd of people (and some dogs) bopped along to some authentic blues in a pretty litt...