When you’re a seasoned nerd like me, walking into the sparse halls of the Pennsylvania Convention Center on the opening day of Wizard World Comic-Con holds the same excitement as opening up presents Christmas Morning. Instantly, you’re greeted with thousands of cosplayers dressed up like every pop culture icon you could imagine. While there are…
Read MoreWeekend Trip in Salem, Massachusetts
One morning in January, my fiance John and I, feeling the itch to travel this beautiful, bold country of ours, felt like taking a weekend trip somewhere new. At first, we planned on heading down South, however, there was something about Salem, Massachusetts that was just calling our name. We took the drive up…
Read MoreHow Painting Helped Me Cope With My Mother’s Death
When I passed by high school art class with a D, I knew my art professor was being too generous. A decade ago, art was a waste of time because I felt inadequate to my classmates. When I buckled down in college, set out to prove to myself that I could be an artist, I…
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Adult Proms: Full of Nostalgia or Completely Overrated?
It’s prom season! Just because you’re 30 doesn’t mean you’re excluded. Since graduating high school a decade ago (dear God…) I had a lot of reservations about what it’d be like to attend one as an adult nearing thirty. Aside from being (legally) able to dance the night away with a Malibu Bay-breeze splashing from…
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Hi. I’m Having a Quarter-Life Crisis
Originally published on Thought Catalog. My quarter life crisis is hitting me on the cusp of turning 28. if you’re over 40, you’ll read this and tell me that I’m still young, but I’m not so sure – and this is why. Growing up, my mother always told me that I was going to…
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Trenton Punk Rock Fleamarket
The spring edition of the Trenton Punk Rock Fleamarket was this past weekend and I bought a flying pig made out of a petroleum tank from Moschera Metal Shop. That’s just the tip of the iceberg on the weird and unusual trinkets you encounter at the two-day event that is nearly packed to capacity in…
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The Beach Boys at the Scottish Rite Auditorium
As I made my way through the hoards of fans, all braving the latest nor’easter to bomb the East Coast on the official first day of spring, their puffy coats and wet boots creaking and slipping along the tiled floor, the ticket taker said to me, “Aren’t you a little too young for this? Are…
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