If you were not brought here as a child, what brought you to the Mountain? My wife and I were living in Denver, CO, at the time and decided we wanted to relocate to the Pacific Northwest. We flew to Portland to go house hunting but couldn’t find anything that spoke to us. The night before we were supposed to leave, we found a listing on Zillow for our dream home. All it took was a single trip to the mountain to find our dream home and community. We drove up the mountain that morning, put an offer on the house that afternoon, flew back to Denver, and got off the plane to discover our offer had been accepted.
Profession? Owner, Mountain Honey Media. Mountain Honey Media is a new videography and digital consultancy agency aimed at helping local small businesses reach new audiences online. I’ve worked with Page’s Mt. Hood Auto & Tire, Rhi-lax Spa, and Cooper’s Wine Bar.
Other professions? Copywriter, Editor, Creative Director, Journalist
Favorite movies? John Carpenter’s The Thing, The Avengers
Favorite Actress/Actor? Cate Blanchett and Kurt Russell
Favorite TV shows? Downton Abbey (my wife and I rewatch it around Christmas every year)
Favorite book? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Favorite type of music? Classic rock and pop
Favorite Food? Cheeseburger and Fries
Favorite hobbies? I write, build original LEGO sets, and entertain my eight cats and my single, outnumbered dog
If offered a dream vacation, where would you go, and why? Ireland. My wife and I are both anglophiles. We went to London on our honeymoon and loved every second. Extending that experience to Ireland and the rest of the UK would be magical.
Best lesson learned as a child? People aren’t thinking about you the same way you’re thinking about you.
Defining moment in your life or your greatest accomplishment? December 16, 2011, when I somehow convinced the most wonderful person in the world to be my wife. We married two years later, on October 5, 2013.
A memorable dinner? Meeting my in-laws in a cramped apartment in Denver in 2010. I made very lumpy mashed potatoes (they’ve since gotten better) and even fixed my future wife’s garbage disposal. I felt confident and adult all at once.
A funny moment from your life that you can share? The first time I tried flying my drone, I lost it in a group of towering trees. My wife’s first inclination that something was wrong was when I burst into her office while she was on a conference call and shouted, “Catastrophic failure!” I’ve since gotten better.
If you could invite anyone (past or present) to dinner, who would it be, and why? Kurt Vonnegut. I’d love to hear his insight on today’s world and maybe steal some story ideas from him.
Describe yourself in one word? Creative
When you’re not reading The Mountain Times, what book/author/magazine/other do you read? Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman comic series and Neverwhere. He can do no literary wrong.
If your life were made into a play or movie,
what would the title be? My Time on Couches: Life as an Indoor Kid
Pet peeve? People who fail the shopping cart test.
Bad habit you’d like to break? Cigarette smoking … they’re just so good
Famous person(s) you have met, and the circumstances? Sam Donaldson, a former nightly news anchor I met as a member of the Junior Statesmen of America in 2000 at the RNC.
Favorite quote? “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” —Carl Jung
Favorite part of The Mountain Times? Letters to the Editor. Whether I agree with the opinions or not, it’s fascinating to get insight into the perspectives of my friends and neighbors and how they feel about local and international events.
