by Drew Holmes “We invited my 5 year old’s entire class to her birthday party and not a single kid showed up. So if you’ve got kids and you’re hungry and have nothing to do we’ll be here at North Lake Park pavilion #3 for a couple more hours. …

by Drew Holmes Sitting in the hotel room and hearing the commotion from the hall, I suddenly realized we were surrounded by Lithuanians. We had spent the last week in Tallinn, Estonia, and were looking to get out of town for a few days. Tartu, the second largest city in…

by Drew Holmes “Dad, we need to go back to Target and get that guitar!” “Buddy, I’m not sure we need one right now.” We had been out Christmas shopping, and a toy electric guitar kit caught Timothy’s eye. Already having a drum set, I did not think adding another…

by Drew Holmes The guy sitting behind me was incessantly talking and it was really starting to get on my nerves. My store, Boomer Music Company, had a booth at the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival and I stepped away to attend the performance by High Plains School, a middle school jazz…

by Drew Holmes I was climbing the 21 steps to the second floor of my store, Boomer Music, just like hundreds of times before, but tonight it was different. I was not in the building as store owner, but as a parent of a student. …

by Drew Holmes I love to cook and am always on the lookout for the next great recipe. During a YouTube scrolling and searching session, I discovered Joshua Weissman’s channel. Joshua at first seems like a Gen Z geek/bro; yet another self-styled influencer from the Tik Tok Generation. This notion…

by Drew Holmes I was in Tallinn, capitol city of Estonia, and had happened upon something in my Lonely Planet Guide that demanded further exploration. The walk was about 5 kilometers, but I knew it would be worth the effort. Leaving the apartment on Pikk, just across the street from…

a break from Drew’s usual musings to make the the case for value over cost — Time was that buying local was an assurance of quality, of commitment to community. With the advent of the information age, things have changed. …

By Drew Holmes “So, who was the hero of the story?” I asked. “The Old Spider!” Sam, my five-year old son, enthusiastically replied. “Anyone else?” I questioned? The story we had just read was a Native American folk tale telling how sunlight came into our part of the world. At…