Cocktail spots to check out in Vancouver, BC, Canada — “Find us a cool spot for cocktails,” challenged my partner as he opened his laptop to get some pay-for-the-trip work done. I’m far from elegant. And I’m not much of a drinker. Yet I knew the Uva Wine & Cocktail Bar was a winner the instant it sashayed onto my…

Travel writing from a breakfast table in BC, Canada — “Traveling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” Ibn Battuta I want to make a wee bit of coin while checking out the world. Who doesn’t want to be a travel writer? But where to start? Well, let’s begin at the breakfast table. Smoked salmon spills…

Kristine Laco’s prompt is keeping me busy — Kristine Laco’s prompt makes us dig deep. Really deep. Like end-up-in-the-fallopian-tubes deep. She gave us this picture. And instructions to “Find a way to use this image of a truck that was driving in front of me (image taken by my daughter)”.

August is going to be wet and wild at Doc Funny — “Fingers crossed for Moist….Moist Money!” Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier) I don’t remember how our Doc Funny crew came up with the July theme of Boobies. Officially, Melons Month. I’ll blame Kristine Laco. Because, why not? She did say at our latest Doc Funny meeting, and I quote, “Boobs are…

A mini-essay on women, frustration, and weapons — I hate guns. Growing up, I didn’t hunt. I nursed limping chipmunks back to health. I was raised with the idea that firearms = the Devil’s tool. Maybe not that heinous. But close. For a very long, super paranoid period of time, I wouldn’t even let my kids have Nerf…

July 20 — Yo Interns, It’s Hump Day! May all you medical professionals be enjoying what seems to be a worldwide heat wave. Whether you’re surgically removing an anal cyst. Or simply sand from between your beach-going gluteus maximus. Or writing about boobs. Which you should be. It’s still July. Melons Month. July is “Melons” Month at Doctor Funny But keep your tits to yourselfmedium.com Wait…

Jenny, Jenny, Jenny, I NEED to know — Jenny, I hear you know everything. Will my relationship survive a road trip? Your telepathic skills haven’t been perfected. I know this because I have been mentally messaging you to contact me. You haven’t. So I will fill you in on some details. I have been with my partner for…