Michael Mackie

If truth be told, I became mesmerized by Debora Iyall the first time I spied Romeo Void on MTV. It was well, well after midnight and well, well after my… Read more

Right before I scored my killer new job in September, a woman I didn’t know sent me a snarky message on social media. “Question—how can you afford to be a… Read more

The absurdity of it all was astounding to me. I’m talking about being unceremoniously dumped by Lifetime Fitness recently. And because timing—it was one day after celebrating my 16th anniversary… Read more

This week I stumbled across an archaic 12-year-old blog I wrote. The subject? How to properly shop for me for Christmas. At the top of the list was—shocker!—several bottles of… Read more

Fatma Konyalioglu says you’re more than welcome to attempt saying her last name, but she’d rather be known simply as Fatma. For nearly three decades, the one-named wonder has run… Read more

Chef Brett DeHart doesn’t mean to brag, but in his nearly 30 years in the culinary field, he’s whipped up pretty much every kind of cuisine imaginable. “I started out… Read more

When Overland Park energy practitioner Angela Holmes started doing occupational therapy back in 1999, she discovered she had a secondary gift. She found herself completely in tune with other people’s… Read more

Heard of the drug Ozempic? Up until a month ago, it had never crossed my medicinal pop culture radar. The drug—which is typically prescribed to treat diabetes—has also been proven… Read more

From ultra-humble beginnings nearly four decades ago, Vala’s Pumpkin Patch, located just outside Omaha, has become an honest-to-gourd family-friendly tourist mecca. This 400-acre pumpkin patch and adjoining apple orchard may… Read more

As of last week, I’ve been freelancing for exactly a year—and what a weird year it’s been. After being jettisoned from my job, I started—like any good American—earnestly looking for… Read more