Jay Z is what up-and-coming marketing executives who buy glasses from Warby Parker call an influencer. He takes otherwise insignificant items–plain ol’ white shoes, champagne, horrendous clothing–puts a little Hov…
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A Road Trip To Kentucky And Back In Time: Total (Confederate) Eclipse 2017
by dewangibsonby dewangibsonI have been victimized by fake news. “Sad!” Well not really fake news, but a rare failure on my part to exercise critical thinking skills/listen to my wife. After skimming…
The Columbus Food Truck Festival bills itself as the “largest food truck festival in the Midwest.” However, the World’s Largest Food Truck Rally was just held in Michigan. Somebody’s lying.…
Two Nights In Playa Del Carmen, Mexico (Trying Not To Look Like A Gringo)
by dewangibsonby dewangibsonMy love for Mexico is well-noted. Except for the Tijuana cop who robbed me of $20, its people are proud yet open and despite circumstances that are often less than…
Me, A Moving Truck, And A Few Bars: Beer And Bathroom Graffiti In Amarillo, Texas
by dewangibsonby dewangibsonThe girthy bug creeping across the bathroom floor didn’t even bother to run when I cut on the light. Maybe he felt at home in the hotel. Or maybe he…
My in-laws watch our kids often and even keep them overnight at least once a week. Without their help Amber and I may have stopped procreating after our first baby.…
Hell-Bound Fornicators and Pork Belly Fried Rice: A Day Trip To Little Tokyo Los Angeles
by dewangibsonby dewangibsonMy experiences in Los Angeles over the years can be summed up with two words: traffic and disappointment. The ride up from San Diego always took longer than expected, and…
I Saw A Flight Attendant Dry Hump A Passenger: My Review of Frontier Airlines
by dewangibsonby dewangibsonDiscount airlines are a great way to travel once you understand that, like prison, their tiny seats can trap your body but not your mind. My favorite is Frontier Airlines.…
Some Of The Things I Don’t Miss After Moving From California To Ohio
by Dewan Gibsonby Dewan GibsonMy friends had a common response when I told them I was moving from California to Ohio: “FOR WHAT!” I was Prince Akeem, my friends were King Jaffe Joffer, and…
Take Your Kids To Young Jersey’s Dairy To Run Wild and Harass Animals
by Dewan Gibsonby Dewan GibsonYellow Springs is a liberal enclave about an hour away from my new ‘hood in Pickerington, Ohio. Fun fact: At least two great African-Americans have connections to the area: Dave…
My day trip to Santa Barbara began at Arroyo Burro Beach. Kids and dogs played, and moms and old folks sunbathed. I wandered along the shore for half an hour…
Never use Google Maps to find a national park. We did just that when taking a spur-of-the-moment day trip to San Diego’s Cleveland National Forest and ended up on closed…
Driving Across The Country While Black (With My White Wife, Marijuana Edibles, And Expired Tags)
by Dewan Gibsonby Dewan GibsonThe first day of our road trip from San Diego to Columbus ended on the run-down part of the Vegas Strip. My wife and I had never of the Westgate…
It would cost us, a family of five, more than $500 just to get in LEGOLAND California. With $500 I could buy enough LEGO bricks to build a house that…
Traveling Was Too Expensive, Until I Learned To Compare Flight Prices With Google Flights
by Dewan Gibsonby Dewan GibsonI figured my travel days were over after my wife and I completed three straight years of procreation. Discretionary income was one issue: Kids are costly and unable to contribute…
I do not enjoy winter. With ice comes the risk of slipping and breaking a bone that Donald won’t allow Obamacare to fix. With snow comes blizzards and avalanches and the need to resort to cannibalism while stranded. So why would I go to Iceland in the middle of winter? Because I was curious, my wife’s been wanting to go for years, and round-trip tickets were only $300 each.
Tijuana played a large part in my decision to move to San Diego. I had never actually been to Mexico, or for that matter, Southern California, but I had seen…
After two buyers backed out and therefore unknowingly subjected themselves to an eternal curse from yours truly, someone finally bought our home. We made a nice profit and are in…
Things To Do Alone In Las Vegas (When You’re Old But Still Good At Partying)
by Dewan Gibsonby Dewan GibsonLiving in Southern California means easy access to Las Vegas. Maybe too easy. Everyone goes and you hear about it far too often, mostly by way of the trite phrase…
Our Two-Night Trip To Denver For Legal Marijuana And Other Adult Activities
by Dewan Gibsonby Dewan GibsonIt’s been a rough month. We’re near an election, so I’ve taken a five-week night job leading a phone bank that aims to convince California voters to fund education by…