12 Days of Great HoliDates To Take Him On Now
Ah… the holidays. It’s that time of the year when the days get colder and shorter making us feel like snuggling under the covers for just a bit longer instead of heading off to work…
Author Archives: Victor
The Benchmark Boyfriend – Part II
One thing about being underwater in a swimming pool is how all your thoughts come inward as the focus comes onto you and no one else. If you open your eyes in a pool, it…
Fall Fiction: If You Could Read My Mind, Love
“If you could read my mind love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie ‘Bout a ghost from a wishin’ well” -Gordon Lightfoot It’s been what feels like 10…
The Benchmark Boyfriend – Part I
/ˈbenCHˌmärk/ Noun A standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed. Verb Evaluate or check (something) by comparison with a standard. “Of the things I am truly thankful for…
The Confidant & The Men of Whole Foods
As I came hobbling in the front door from my final run around the block, CJ stood there at his post cheering on the last of the 5pm CrossFit crew. He came in earlier with…
Whose Rite for Marriage?
I met Jacob and Tom through a guy I had just began to date at the time, an associate professor at Seattle University, who stood over six-feet tall, handsome, with salt and pepper hair and…
Chosen Costumes: A Halloween Photojournal
While the Halloween weekend arrived before the actual day of All Hallow’s Eve, it had become apparent throughout various neighborhoods of Seattle that this annual celebration to dress-up and become someone else for an evening…
My Rough and Rowdy Ways
In a sea of beards, plaid and all that’s rad I found myself at the Paramount on Saturday night for one of the most highly anticipated shows of Seattle’s own, The Head and the Heart,…
Getting it Off His Chest
“You never really meet anyone good there… maybe if you’re lucky you can find a hook-up.” Donovan arrived at the third item on his list on how he typically went about finding a man.
What Happens In The Woods Stays In The Woods
Several weeks back I spent an afternoon with a friend on Alki Beach when we were having one of those rare Seattle summer days where instead of the usual gray skies it was clear and…