Rain jacket or not, the weekend passed without catching a damn thing. I even extended the trip by an extra two days…

It’s been just about a month since I left New York for a visit to Lancaster, Pennsylvania where I drank plenty of Yuengling, ate too many pretzels, and smoked dozens of cigarettes in dive bars, a favorite pastime…

The door behind us shut violently. To make up for the noise, we descended the stairs quietly in her apartment building. The streets of Astoria were dimly lit and fairly quiet with occasional sirens and cyclists playing music through bluetooth speakers…