The Spovangelist

I compulsively chit-chat with strangers wherever I go. So while I was running an errand at the courthouse the other day, I saw this man in the stairwell and asked him, “Do you know why Spokane has such a fancy courthouse?” He started to explain, “Well back in the late 1890s they held a design [...]

There are things people need, and then there are things people need on multiple levels. A garden is one of those things that will enrich the bodies, minds and spirits of generations to come. But before there was a plan to build a garden at the Salvation Army campus on Indiana, there was a motley [...]

Recently I had a rather humiliating experience while trying to get to know a new guy via text. I met Mr. Text through a mutual friend after a super fun night of dancing to the B-Radicals. Since he was cute, a great dancer and asked for my number I gave it to him, something I’ve [...]

Some women just turn heads. The way this lady strutted down the street was enough to make me stop at the bike intersection of death to take her picture. Mural (background) by Tom Quinn Spokane is in a peculiar place where style cycles have sped up to where they are lapping our lag in following [...]

When I rode by myself to meet the other volunteers for the inaugural Summer Parkways, I had that familiar first date feeling in my stomach like “yeeaaah.” Scientifically known as butterflies. What will happen, I thought, since this has never been done in Spokane? It felt like a historical moment with over half of the [...]