I was starving when I woke up. McDonalds was my only choice because it was near the hotel. I don’t like fast food but I thought that it would be nice if I eat in McDonalds because it was my last day in the States. I liked the atmosphere there. I’ve seen lots of restaurants for fast food and I never thought that they had a good atmosphere but this one was different. I looked around and I fe...

They said I could have died. They said two days later if I hadn't gone to them, I'd have come to them in a coma. Three days later, I would have come to them dead. My name is Chris Boyd. That day was the most pivotal day in my life. I had been sick for months. They said since December. I didn't feel sick. I had been sick so long sick felt normal. I saw the pattern and the math they were...

Kevin was a dark shadow on a street corner in South Congress a block away from an overcrowded costume shop. I felt the need to stop, sit a while amidst the chaos of Halloween night, and relax for once. There’s a magic about street musicians that binds us—we are lulled into their sounds, their voices, yet are too afraid to treat them as mere mortals. They are more mysterious, more mystif...

Throughout my childhood, every October my family would go out to Greenbluff to go pumpkin and apple picking (a family tradition). There was always so much for us to do here. There were great festivities and amazing music played by local bands. I always loved testing out different types off apples fresh from the trees. All of Greenbluff is so alive and brings out the fun in everyone! I remembe...