On February 19th, 2013, a very special gathering that had been in the making for a few months, possibly since last Summer before East Side Story was a reality, occurred at Rumours East and it was an absolute blast. With the help of April Alvarez, Coordinator for the Sewanee School of Letters program, she managed […]
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BOOK ME! continues to grow by the day
Last week, we had a very BIG day at East Side Story that I already told you about HERE. I dared to even call it a HUGE day at East Side Story. Well, the very next day after I posted about the BIG HUGE day, I had yet another BIG BIG day happen at the […]
WOW! That’s about the only word I could come up with after leaving Rumours East on the night of Tuesday, February 5th, 2013, and experiencing the first-time meeting between Alice Randall and Jonathan Sexton. If you weren’t lucky enough to be in the crowd sharing that wonderful evening with me, you are lucky to be […]
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BOOK ME! begins
This just in … Last week, we had a very BIG day at East Side Story. I would even dare to call it a HUGE day at East Side Story. Why was it a BIG HUGE day at East Side Story you ask? Well, I’m glad you asked because I shall now tell. A young […]
Yeah, I said it. East Side Storytellin’ 6, aka the night of January 22, 2013 where Barbara Nowak and Julie Lee first met, was just that … where fine wine and amazing women met. I knew from the first reply from Julie about a month and a half before the night happened when she excitedly […]
On Tuesday, January 8th, I truly experienced a night like no other. At 6pm, I left East Side Story with new art prints made by Alex in tow in order to make my way over to Rumours East to get fully prepared. I knew that Tom would be there with equipment in hand, but I […]
December 18th might not mean a lot to a lot of people other than 3 days before the failed Mayan apocalypse, but it meant a great deal to me. In fact, it was the closest thing I’ve ever had to Christmas come early with the exception of the time that my family took our Christmas […]
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The most WONDERful time of THIS YEAR!
In a year that has presented itself to myself and many close friends like a roller coaster with more highest ups, lowest downs, and the most unforeseeable, unbelievably crazy loop-D-loops than one could only imagine possible in several lifetimes, this past weekend was truly one for the ages and highest highs for all involved. I […]
On Tuesday, December 4th, at 7pm, I was privy to a front seat and Beard’s eye view of the 3rd ever East Side Storytellin’ at Rumours East. I had spent the previous 30 minutes prepping for the show and by prepping I mean I met and held baby Isaac Mead for the first time. I […]
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Home away from home-school
On Friday, December 7th, at 1:30pm, it all went down at East Side Story. What was it? Well, it could be a lot of things but to me it was pure happiness. To preface, I had emailed a ton of local school principals and librarians about a month ago asking any and everyone to let […]