Week in review

The Leonard Cohen show was moved to the Tower Theatre by Live Nation. Fascists. I was subsequently priced out of tickets. Tried to pull some strings, and discovered that I have no strings. I did, however, come up with a fun way to highlight the big Cohen show in the Metro. I asked local musicians to share their first Cohen experience. I know mine: my father put a cassette of "The Future" into our Pontiac Grand Am on the way to a soccer tournament in Boston. We were driving over the George Washington Bridge into New York City. The music was somehow a seamless match to the landscape. Ran last Wednesday in the Philadelphia Metro




Last week I discovered a little feature on the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. They created a special bus tour for the deaf with a non-profit called Art-Reach. I had to hold back my own experience as a tour guide to write this one. Keep it positive.






Metro is now behind on my education series. Two weeks ago I gave them one on criminal justice degrees. Tough to write, since a number sources had strong feelings against the degree. Scheduled to run on Monday in Boston, NYC and Philly Metros





Finally, last week I did a piece on digital video production. Here's what I learned: you don't need a degree in digital video production to work in digital video production. Scheduled to run on Nov. 9 in Boston, NYC and Philly Metros

Week in review

Began the week in a complete panic. My editor called first thing Monday: "Ahh... there's two women from Philadelphia Stories waiting for you in a Center City Starbucks." Add this to the pile of journalistic wisdom: On Sunday night, just before you tuck in, take a peak at your date book. You might have to interview somebody in a Center City Starbucks first thing Monday.

Deepest apologies to publisher/editors Christine Weiser and Carla Spataro, who were more than understanding. Philadelphia Stories is a free non-profit literary journal. Neither editor takes any salary from the publication. I couldn't believe it. It was fun to do a top five list of novels with them. I've got to read Middlesex. Showed up on both of their lists. Scheduled to run today in the Philadelphia Metro


Felt more comfortable with my education piece this week. Fun career to highlight: massage therapy. Philly masseuse, Matt Beck, offered some amazing quotes. Most of them totally unusable. According to the Board of Labor Statistics, massage therapists make 15 - 20% of their income in tips. My imagination is running wild. Scheduled to run Monday in the Boston, NYC and Philly Metros

Did another in the education series last week -- accountants. Well, they weren't as interesting as the massage therapists. Let me put it that way. Ran on Monday in the Boston, NYC and Philly Metros