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Five Things Friday: Oct. 27, 2023 (Vol. 6)
Hey friends and other human beings! This week, I am back with another edition of Five Things Friday. This is a list of five things that...

Chris Hughes
Oct 27, 20234 min read


Five Things Friday: Oct. 20, 2023 (Vol. 5)
Hey friends and other human beings! This week, I am back with another edition of Five Things Friday. This is a list of five things that...

Chris Hughes
Oct 20, 20235 min read


Austin BBQ: The Ultimate Guide
Hey friends! I've finally (finally!) finished up my travel blogs from our trip to Austin. We went looking for Texas barbecue and oh boy —...

Chris Hughes
Sep 17, 202310 min read


My BBQ Pilgrimage Day 5 (Last day!)
Hello, intrepid reader and welcome back to the final day of our BBQ pilgrimage to Austin, Texas, the barbecue capital of the world. If...

Chris Hughes
Aug 3, 20236 min read


My BBQ Pilgrimage Day 4 (Wrap it up already!)
Now, I know what you're thinking. What about to Chris' daily barbecue trip blogs? Is the trip still going on? Is Chris still wandering...

Chris Hughes
Jul 11, 20238 min read


My BBQ Pilgrimage Day 3 (Texas barbecue with a twist!)
Hey folks! Welcome to Day 3 of our BBQ pilgrimage in the barbecue capital of the U.S. — Austin, Texas. I apologize for the break in blog...

Chris Hughes
Mar 17, 20239 min read


My BBQ Pilgrimage Day 2 (Part 2: Austin's nocturnal mascot)
Hey there! Welcome back to Day 2, part 2 of my BBQ pilgrimage to Austin, Texas. Hopefully, you know the drill by now. Just in case, I am...

Chris Hughes
Feb 24, 20235 min read


My BBQ Pilgrimage Day 2 (Part 1: The Holy Land)
Welcome back to Day 2 of my travel adventures/BBQ pilgrimage in Austin, Texas. If you checked out Monday's post, you already know the...

Chris Hughes
Feb 22, 20239 min read


What is Texas-style BBQ? Also, Why Texas BBQ?
Hey there! Welcome back to the travel blog for my BBQ pilgrimage to Austin, Texas. In my first post, I talked about what inspired this...

Chris Hughes
Feb 21, 20238 min read


My BBQ Pilgrimage Day 1 (or "If you're gonna go to Austin")
Bear with me here — this is my attempt at "travel blogging." All this week I am on a BBQ pilgrimage to what some consider to be the...

Chris Hughes
Feb 20, 20238 min read


3 Great Books I Read in 2022
I've written a few times about my desire to get back to reading. I have some friends who are prodigious readers these days — some who can...

Chris Hughes
Feb 3, 20235 min read


Five Things Friday Vol. 4
Hey friends and other human beings! And you thought you had to wait a long time for Vol. 3!! This week, I am back with another edition of...

Chris Hughes
Oct 7, 20227 min read


Five Things Friday Vol. 3
Hey friends and other human beings! It's been a little (read: quite a long) bit of a hiatus but I am back with another edition of Five...

Chris Hughes
May 13, 20226 min read


The Stole From His Mama
To all that has been, thanks. To all that shall be, yes. - Dag Hammaskjold Sometimes, I think it can be easy to forget why I got into...

Chris Hughes
Nov 12, 20215 min read


Five Things Friday Vol. 2
Hey friends and other human beings! We're back with another (two in a row!) edition of Five Things Friday. This is a list of five things...

Chris Hughes
Sep 3, 20215 min read


Five Things Friday
Hey friends and other human beings! I've been busy (of course) and have been out of the habit of blogging these days. I want to begin...

Chris Hughes
Aug 27, 20215 min read


My Worst Birthday Ever
It was the worst birthday I can remember. A week before, the whole world seemed to shut down. I attended a meeting at work where we...

Chris Hughes
Mar 25, 20215 min read


12 Books I Want to Read in 2021
My compulsion for catchy titles wants so badly to make this “21 Books I Want to Read in 2021”. But alas, for the past two years I have...

Chris Hughes
Mar 25, 20212 min read


Ordinary Magic
You won’t believe it and strange as it sounds Extraordinary magic follows you around And the camera can’t catch it You won’t see it in...

Chris Hughes
Mar 25, 20214 min read


Two Zero Two Zero
As 2020 comes to a close, I’ve seen a number of friends trying their best to make sense of 2020, to put a little bit of shine on what has...

Chris Hughes
Mar 9, 20215 min read
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