I was planning on paying for my gas with cash. This is not a normal thing for me. I’m a debit card gal all the way. But today and minutes earlier, I'd sat…
When I go to my community garden plot, and I'm selecting what clothes to wear, my decision-making process in my head sounds pretty much like this: "What are the crappiest jeans or shorts…
Book Review of Uber Chronicles: Field Notes from the Front Seat
By JenLyn Fitz
Uber has become extremely popular since it was founded in 2009 by Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp.…
Of late, I’ve taken to writing annual update letters. Here’s the one I wrote for this year.
So how was this past year for me? At first glance, I thought, Eh, it was fine.…
What was the inspiration behind this book?
I think most people get into grooves (or ruts) in their lives about where they go, who they call a friend, places they shop, hobbies they do.…
I've come to understand I'm a seasonal person, and I have a seasonal personality.
Today, as I attempt to keep at bay a fatigue that's making me want to buckle at the knees, I…
Incredibly weepy this morning when I was helping my mom put up her Christmas tree today. Not like I have lots of sweet, easily recalled, Hollywood-like memories of my dad at Christmas. (My…
There is a gentle man who comes through the neighborhood where I live. He does this each year in the fall, like clockwork, offering to clean
leaves out of gutters and do minor patches on…
One of my Uber Chronicles stories.
Next up, I’m wandering through a mess of a mall parking lot trying to find my rider. My GPS is telling me to turn right,…
He calls. He asks me to come to the front of the building and tells me that GPS will take me to the back parking lot, which is exactly where I am when…
While the interwebs are filled with photos of glamorous, hot, sexy, booty-short-wearing women (and men) at #BurningMan… women with inexplicably clean hair, with boots they couldn’t walk more than 20 yards in (and never…
One of my Uber Chronicles stories.
Beep.
My next passenger is also on campus, which makes me happy. University of Maryland, College Park, is my alma mater, and I haven’t spent…