Just as we have to attend driving school before getting behind the wheel and put in hours at unpaid internships to get entry-level positions, I believe that we should be required to work... Read more >>

Working in a coffee shop guarantees you’ll get three things: free coffee (or in my case tea), a few skin burns from working in close quarters with piping hot machinery, and numerous unsolicited... Read more >>

Recently, while bellied up to the bar at one of my favorite, local restaurants, an older gentleman chose the seat right next to me in a not-so-crowded bar because he would “rather sit by a woman... Read more >>

I was standing in line to get my daily fix at the local coffee brewery. It’s a non-franchised establishment with brick wall displaying artwork from local artists. All organic foods and coffees... Read more >>