Since the birth of the nation there have been great American heroes from Tom Payne to Lil’ Wayne. The next chapter in heroism starts now in an epic 5,700+80 mile journey for love and country – for USA and mopeds. Steve Rosen, proud resident of Midtown Sacramento and proud designer and owner of a custom ‘USA: A-OK’ vintage pedal start moped – is making an attempt to get himself and his transport to the far-off Swiss alps for an 80-mile race at the face-melting speed of 30km/h (20 mph). He will be the only American participant in the competition, the Red Bull Alpenbrevet. While Rosen is dedicated to winning, he also wants to spotlight his nation, and his community and to build permanent tie

       The cheeseburger.  Is there anything so uniting and yet polarizing at the same time?  Everybody loves cheeseburgers.  What about the tree-hugging vegans, you ask?  They love cheeseburgers too, but the burger is made of bulgur and whey and twigs, and the cheese is made of soy, whatever that is.  The top-selling vegan product today is the veggie burger.  That's a fact.  Look it up. And when you do, let me know what you find out, because I'm using the word "fact" very loosely here.   The point is, everyone loves burgers. There you go, we're united. So if we can agree that everyone loves burgers, why are they so polarizing? Because your favorite burger probably isn't my favorite bu

  I had meant for my second article to be an ode to my new neighborhood, Midtown.  In my brief time here, I have found a lot to love about the area around my 1 bedroom on 18th and G.  I would love to wax poetic about the virtues of having two dope, locally owned, coffee shops within a five minute walk (Butch and Nellies, Old Soul at the Weatherford).  There's nothing I'd rather do than tell you about the lovely dining experience I had my first night here at Michealangelos, a little Italian Trattoria a stones throw from my front porch (Thanks Sara Jean!).  If I could, I'd spend an entire paragraph extolling the virtues of "Streets of London", a British style pub that has "football" on the