Tag: encounter

The Unlikely Encounter That Made Me Confront My Male Fragility

Idrive a couple of blocks and the streets get darker. As I near my Powderhorn home, domestic boulevards overtake the lights of the small commercial center in my rearview. It’s just past 11:30 p.m. Outside of downtown, it’s hard to escape the modesty of urban life in Minneapolis. This ...

Magical birthday encounter

When we walked up to the ticket desk at the Picasso Museum in Paris, the attendant warned us that there were no paintings by Picasso on view in the museum at this time. She asked, “Do you still want a ticket?” HELL OUI!” I replied. I’d come to the museum specifically...