Hit the Road, Zach

Christopher Columbus! That intrepid explorer of yore had absolutely nothing to do with the wonderful day I spent in Columbus with some old college pals of mine.
“Who are these pals?” asks AG perfunctorily.
Haha, you’re so cute when you do things perfunctorily, AG. To answer your question, these pals were Nathan and Rachel Laing. [...]

Louisville! Contrary to popular opinion, it is not named after King Louis XIV of France, but rather King Louis XVI. One must also avoid pronouncing it Frenchly. The first (and last) time I said LOO-ee-vill resulted in yours truly being scorned and derided by the otherwise kind people of Louisville.
“How should I [...]

En route to Cincinnati, I saw this great sign:

Also en that same route, my host called and said she was going to a drum circle / tribal dancing something-or-other, could I meet her there?
“So wait, you want me to meet you at a place where a bunch of people are drumming together?”
“Yes.”
So that was a [...]

Motown!
The Motown peeps were strangely silent, despite my advertisements. But I did manage to get in touch with some peeps in the Detroit area: Dan Martin in Belleville and Allie Habhab in Dearborn Heights.
Let’s start with Dan, a multitalented musician and our kind host for a night.

Dan contacted me and mentioned that he could [...]

I forgot to mention something about my friend Stephanie Axne in Chicago.

If anyone has a better trophy than that, I’d like to see it.

The trip into Michigan went seamlessly (can you imagine if it would have had seams? Worst). There was one little “adventure” though. I drove to the wrong house. It had the same house number and everything. But I got a strange feeling about it.

Seriously, look at that house. Don’t [...]