Scary’s on the wall

Robert Forto

The other night my wife headed home to Colorado after a quick trip to our home Alaska. It was a bittersweet goodbye. I couldn’t sleep and I was checking out posts on my Facebook wall well after midnight. I saw something that floored me. It was a picture that my aunt Diana sent to me […]

Guitar Gods

I have talked a lot about my music influences and in fact on my recent trip to Denver I spent well over an hour in the Guitar Center and found an acoustic bass that I have to have and have been leaving little hints for my wife Michele, all week long. Which brings me to my favorite […]

Attack of the Moon Zombies World Premiere!

All of us like good entertainment. But would you fly 3000 miles and have your wife drive 15 hours and almost 1000 miles to meet you for a secret rendezvous in the Twin Cities just to go to a movie? We did. To be fair it was part of a meeting with an editor friend […]

Moose’s Tooth Pub and Pizzeria

I could eat pizza every day for the rest of my life. Think about it–it’s the world perfect food. It has your meats, your grains, your dairy and even your veggies to make mom proud! In fact, if I was stranded on a deserted island, I would grow a beard, name a volleyball, Wilson and […]

Soundtrack (song) of your life

Take the poll! Music is a great love of mine. My iPod has about 6700 songs on it and I am rarely without it. Music functions as a “soundtrack” of my life, providing strong markers that I associate with memories and experiences. What song best describes your life? Please include the song and artist (if […]