Poet Reporter
Welcome to my blog! Poet Reporter began as a hashtag for writings that drove home a feeling, usually of belonging and togetherness. Now Poet Reporter has become the blog itself. You won’t find who-what-when-where-why-how here. You’ll find a different kind of reporting, through the eyes of a poet.
Restaurantland's Weird Herd
Money is a sensitive issue, outside of a restaurant, that is. But in the world of restaurants, the whole mentality about money is different…
Inspiration Behind Library Talk March 28
I’ve been invited to speak at the Rochester Public Library at 7 p.m. this Thursday (March 28) as part of the Library’s Visiting Author Series.Months ago when we set this up, I thought when the day finally came I’d be terrified to speak. But I said yes…
Distracted
On a January Monday, a table of three came in for dinner—a couple with their adult daughter…
Disclosure
The following is what I wrote for the final phase of our ServOlympics contest at Söntés, read yesterday to the waitstaff…
ServOlympics
We’re entering our final week of the Söntés ServOlympics—the contest Tessa invented so (we do her bidding)…
OmaGoodness
Want to know what the restaurant staffers do on their day off? Here’s a conversation that took place on Sunday, the only day of the week that Söntés is closed, via Facebook Messenger. The part of Chef will be played by Söntés’ own Chef Bryce Lamb…
