*in my best Westside Gunn voice* Have you ever eaten Juicy Lucys in a bar on a Sunday? I’ve enjoyed coming down to New Orleans to celebrate my birthday for the last few years. The vibe is one that I can appreciate in this phase of life. I look back now and I see the early signs that me and the Cresc...

Three days after my birthday, I stood in the midst of a searing art installation in the middle of Soho and shed some tears. And I was perfectly fine with it. Let me back up a bit to explain what work of art brought me to this point, by getting a little personal.I’m in the last year of my forties, an...

August 1st. The date that sends some into panic during summer, compelling them to drive themselves crazy with all the things they feel they haven’t done for the summer. I always felt like that was foolish because summer ends sometime in September officially. I wasn’t really thinking about that as I ...

The New York Knicks are back in the NBA Finals. Bear with me, I need to type that out again. The New York Knicks are back in the NBA Finals. It’s been 27 years since the Knicks have made it to the final playoff series of the season. 27 years is one whole generationof people that have never enjoyed t...

Artwork By ThisRespekArt, Photo Credit: Christopher Smith It’s June, which makes it Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month. And judging by what I’ve seen online this first week of June (and truthfully well before that), there’s far too many cats who desperately need to attend to their mental health. In...