My Great American Journey – My Audition Have you ever been a bus person or food server in a busy restaurant? If not, have you ever simply observed the ballet that goes on in a restaurant during the peak hours – Breakfast, lunch or dinner? The first thing you’ll notice while you wait for your table … Read more
Pt 7 – 9th and Wilshire There is a remarkable scene at the end of the Martin Scorcese film, “Gangs of New York”. It depicts a small cemetery, ensconced by weeds that cover the head stones of some of the characters that once populated a once colorful, ultraviolent, operatic time and place; peopled by an array of … Read more
California, Here We Come – Pt. 6 So, just to recap, shortly after I left New Mexico, I picked up two hitchhikers en route to Los Angeles and up until now, the weather all the way from Philly through to Arizona was like the frozen Tundra. In fact, before leaving on tis excursion, I had hoped to … Read more
Pt 5 – Black Ice in Arizona & the Guardian Angels of the Highway… The Semi-Southern Route Here’s my Great American Journey so far… We left Philly, went through Virginia where we encountered giant snow flakes at the sighting of the Roanoke sign. Continued through the Monogahela National Forrest, then through part of the Smokies, … Read more
<——– My Great American Journey – Pt. 1 Next Stop – Nashville Grasshopper For the record, let me just say that I think my mother regretted telling me to “shit or get off the pot” the second she realized she had said it. Because those words had such an immediate, powerful and profound impact on … Read more
Between 1977 and 1980, I worked as a singing waiter at The Great American Food & Beverage Co. – a place where I had many celebrity encounters and cut my teeth as an entertainer. This is the story of the ride that began that amazing long and winding road of craziness that is my life. Sh*t … Read more
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