The Jackie O Show with Victor & Penny

Recently my group of friends was shocked to hear the news that one of our most beautiful among us had been diagnosed with Cancer. The pesky thing, not content with making home in her breast, had decided you get up, wander around and settle in her lungs as well. Despite being confirmed as ‘triple positive’, […]

I have funny friends!

I have some really funny friends. It is true. And occasionally I get to seem them to great things. At Entertaining Julia at the Town Hall Pub in Chicago the other week my friends Danielle and Tiff Puterbaugh, otherwise known as the Puterbaugh Sisterz, hosted an awesome night of comedy and music. Top of bill […]

My New Bow Tie

My friend Amber knows shopping. She knows shopping in a way that only a woman can know shopping. She knows vintage, trendy, boutique, thrift. She knows shopping in a rails-of-clothes-and-stacks-of-shoes kind of way. The kind of way that means she will never have a closet large enough. Therefore, when I arrived in Nashville, TN a […]

‘Beer and Back Again’ – The Final Leg – NYC, IL and Hospital!

[Contd. from ‘Boston and Holyoak’] It it is not a long drive from Holyoak to Brooklyn and I made good time. The New York Skyline always takes my breath away a little. Even though I have spent so much time there over the years it is still a sight I enjoy. So much happened in […]

‘Beer and Back Again’ – Boston and Holyoak

[Contd. from ‘Motown to Batavia’] I was away from Amy and Daisy’s place early in the morning. I had a 7 hour drive ahead of me to get to Boston. It was boring and uneventful and allowed me to get another chunk of the Game of Thrones audiobook under my belt! I did however pass […]

‘Beer and Back Again’ – Motown to Batavia

[Contd. from ‘Motown’] I left the studios and decided to get straight on the road again. After seeing the place where they were recorded I spent the next few hours listening to all my favourite Motown tunes. I had around 300 miles to cover today before I reached my friends’ place in Upstate New York […]

‘Beer and Back Again’ – Motown

[contd from ‘Prologue‘] I was up and on the road early to make the hour-long journey East to Detroit. I have always heard a lot about the city from my friends that once lived there or had been there and I have to say that it has not always been that complimentary. On this trip I […]

‘Beer’ and Back Again – Prologue

Prologue This is a story of how I drove from Chicago to the East Coast and back with a case of beer made by my friends, to share with my friends and tales of the ‘stuff what I saw’ along the way. It was clear that I had underestimated the size of the United States. […]