Author: ruhlwrite

The idea came to Chris Lynn –bam! just like that — as he was looking for a coffee table for his new apartment. Chris is a carpenter. While he was browsing in a salvage/second-hand store, a 9-foot plank of wood caught his eye. “I looked at it – it was a slab of sweetgum – and thought, ‘I’m a carpenter, I can make something out of it,’” he says. So he moved his car out of his garage, built a workbench that has a table saw and a miter saw and worked on the table…

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Things haven’t turned out as Kate Crescenzo expected, but you know what, that’s OK because even though she’s all turned around, she’s right where she wants to be. Kate’s original career goal was to be an actress. Kate, whose face is defined by perky brown ringlets and an effervescent smile, came to New York City at the end of 2019 to pursue an acting career, which she has been understudying for virtually all of the 26 years she has been on this planet. She was finding her…

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It all occurred during Covid cocooning. Kaitlin Kemp found that she had a lot of time on her hands, so she put them to work, doing what she always does, creating. Kaitlin is from Virginia. Because she and her then-boyfriend couldn’t go out on a date, they spent the evening crafting with clay, an activity that he had done years ago. “I started making mini-foods,” Kaitlin says. “And then I saw an article in BuzzFeed about someone who makes earrings out of clay, so I made a pair…

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It’s the left eyebrow that gives Mike Rockwitz away. It arches, mischievously. Check out Mike’s eyebrow. Mike’s eyes, celestial blue marbles, take the cue, bugging out as his mouth settles into a colossal clown-like grin. It’s a wickedly funny look, and Mike, a big guy with a Santa snow-white goatee and tons of tatts, plays it for all it’s worth. He loves getting laughs, but you’ll never catch him on a stage in front of an audience. This aversion to stand-up comedy…

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Raven-haired Christina Loza, black bustier showcasing her silver chain mail necklace and winged chest tattoo, sits on a bench under a leafy maple tree and removes her large horn-rim glasses. Christina works as a nanny. Her look – you can call it Alt or Goth, she doesn’t really care – attracts a lot of attention. That necklace has a tiny silver sword. When a big guy stops to stare, Christina, who is 5-foot-3, gives it right back to him, searing him with her blue-grey neon eyes. After…

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