Joe Houpert

Spirit Wave #2: Stay at Home Dad

Late into COVID, I took on two new jobs: bartending and parenting. It takes a certain arrogance to take a job for which you have no qualifications. Either that or ignorance. Let’s say both. I like that this could be a setup for a joke: “But which job is he talking about? Parent or bartender?” […]

Spirit Wave #1: The Bitter Giuseppe

I once told someone that I collect bars. It felt cringey as I heard it leave my lips, but now, after having just helped a friend move, after a handful of trips up stairs lugging his boxes of books and LPs, I’m pretty pleased with my intangible (read: weightless) collection. There’s a list (no shit […]