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I’m on the phone interviewing one of my heroes, Cameron Crowe, when my MiniDisc’s battery dies. I don’t have to tell you why I love this guy. He’s everything I want to be: a great writer, a great fan of music, and a great filmmaker. With more heart than most. He tops my very short…

My ass is sore, and it ain’t from runnin’. I spent about twelve hours parked on my ass Sunday. Jon and I left the vineyard around noon. I had about all the communism and community I could handle. I wanted some quiet time before flying home. “When’s your flight?” they asked. “In a minute,” I…

It didn’t take long to regret lobbying so heavily for a pre-wedding run. I was the first to change into running shorts. I thought it might motivate the others. Eventually, amidst the place setting, flower arranging, and chuppa building, Matt, his brother Marc, and friend Daniel (aka “B Love”) readied themselves for a few miles…

The Russian River meets the Pacific Ocean about sixty miles northwest of San Francisco. There, the great rolling hills of Sonoma meet the sharp, evergreen-strewn shoreline. I turned right at the sea, heading further still from anything resembling anything that had come before. I arrived SFO bleary from a late night as the first guest…

Many roads led to the marriage of Matthew Tousignant and Sarah Fishkin there amongst the redwood and pine of Sonoma County. I met Matthew D. Tousignant on his first day at Conestoga Senior High School in Berwyn, PA. We were juniors. Our guidance councilor asked me (the student council brownie hound that I was) to…

I was on the phone with American Airlines when it struck. I’m flying from Los Angeles to San Francisco in the morning. I’m renting an SUV, picking up my buddy Jon who’s flying in from Philadelphia, then heading up to Point Reyes where I’m meeting up with my best friend Sibby, and the groom’s brother,…