Posted inWriting Posted inAnecdotal EvidenceTravel & Adventure Local Color—Ghent, Belgium: How (Not) to Find Your Hotel If You’re Lost In GhentBack in my salad days I once tricked the Belgian government into paying to fly me & two friends to give an arts lecture in Ghent under assumed names (long… Posted by By Michael Kupietz January 1, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6867
Posted inWriting Posted inAnecdotal Evidence These Are The People In My Neighborhood: The Funniest Man In The WorldThe other night I talked to my old friend Zigmo Parcheesi, the funniest man in the world. He told me he took his toddler son Max to his first movie.… Posted by By Michael Kupietz September 16, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4374
Posted inWriting Posted inAnecdotal Evidence Local Color—Yee Haw: TexasI'll tell you about Texas. Back in '95, me and my friend Haley went down to his Dad's timeshare in Port Aransas, Texas, a little beach resort town about 45… Posted by By Michael Kupietz September 11, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4186
Posted inWriting Posted inAnecdotal Evidence Local Color—Manhattan: New York Stories, Which I Only Now Realize Are All About Petty CrimesOriginally posted on my old site. I'd have called this "New York After Dark", but the souvlaki guy story happened in the middle of the afternoon. Looking out for the… Posted by By Michael Kupietz September 11, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4180
Posted inWriting Posted inAnecdotal Evidence Local Color—Seattle: Irene & SheriThis was originally posted on my old website, Life In A Mikeycosm. Before you read this, I should warn you. This story contains one of the grossest things I've ever… Posted by By Michael Kupietz September 11, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4174
Posted inWriting Posted inSelf-Portraits In Prose Question of the day: When was the first time you noticed someone cheating at something?A few years back, my friend Al Katkowski was something of a success with his "Question Of The Day" iphone app and subsequent book. This was a question from the… Posted by By Michael Kupietz September 11, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4164
Posted inWriting Posted inAnecdotal Evidence Local Color—San Francisco: Tales From The Sidewalks Of San FranciscoAn Afternoon At The Races, Unplanned So, last night I was standing on Mission in South of Market with my phone out, trying to find a nearby hardware store, when… Posted by By Michael Kupietz September 10, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4144
Posted inWriting Posted inMemoirs & Reflections Essay-Length Memoir: Ars Moriendi—Haley’s EpitaphDisclaimer, 2023 Having come a long way from the days related herein, I thought for a while before reposting this 26-year-old piece of writing, originally posted on my old website.… Posted by By Michael Kupietz September 3, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=3881
Posted inWriting Posted inMemoirs & Reflections Essay-Length Memoir: “The Light Shone On Me”Foreword: For some reason, I've always been particularly moved by a sense of loss. It's the sole valuable observation I ever got from a kindly but not particularly effective therapist… Posted by By Michael Kupietz August 21, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=3055