Mermen & Merwomen à Paris
Notes from an American writer in the "City of Love"
Julién Godman
Armenia | Little Walnuts That Never Die
Travel | Some places, Armenia, The Center of the World, find me on a map.
Detroit to Moscow to Yerevan
Thirty minutes into the cross Atlantic flight, the tight waisted, tight clothed, piercing eyed men and women, with little pins of Soviet era hammer, sans sickle, and wings, paraded down the aisle.
The Woman with the Mop: en Bogotá
Each morning, before the sun breaks through the temperate clouds, there is a woman who mops the tiles. The red, brown, gray, black, well edged, sometimes crumbl... Read More...
No lo sé: en Bogotá
The common cheek blushing verbiage lets me off the hook when talking to the backpack inspecting security guard at the supermercado
Carrera 7: en Bogotá
La policía are always looking for my uncle who drives all of my cousins around town. At some point my uncle and I will turn onto Carrera 7.
The Robert Stanzler Spitting Incident: Is Justice All We Want?
There are definitely more things insulting than spitting in a man's face, but not many.
Go! Sy Thai | This Little, Fast, Casual Joint In Capitol Park
Sy Thai is breaking the norm of what Thai food has been in the Greater Downtown region.
The Death of “Woke”
Julién Godman considers the Death of the word "Woke" (and other terms that are in danger of losing their meaning).
How Detroit Chief Storyteller Aaron Foley Edged Into Propaganda
While the position may have the public benefit in mind, like it or not, the concept of this government sponsored narrative is not far off from an Orwellian horizon.
La Casa | Cigars & Good Will in Harmonie Park
For me, the cigar has always been both celebratory and despondent. Like the many precipices and canyons of the mountains.
