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college

  • Dinner at Rick and Chuck’s (A Memory)

    Dinner at Rick and Chuck’s (A Memory)

    The letter was in an envelope in my pocket, folded in half. Even though I knew this would produce a crease, I figured a crease was better than walking into my professor’s house holding a mysterious envelope, especially with three other classmates arriving with me. “What’s that letter?” they would probably ask and what would…

  • Skyline Chili & Graeter’s Ice Cream

    Skyline Chili & Graeter’s Ice Cream

    For as long as I’ve known my friend Lisa (and I’ve known her for over 10 years (see the Lisa A.G. archive)) she’s been singing the praises of her hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio. There were many times where she tried to convince me to visit her and her family there, and there were many excuses why…