Life as a frat Chef

Maintenance Folks

When it became obvious we were going to be trapped in our houses for a while, I decided to do a “deep” clean of my house. I started out with such enthusiasm- moving furniture, polishing wood, scrubbing floors on my hands and knees. It was a rough morning for me and I quickly moved on…

A Thank you to 200+

June 4th, 2018 Dear Kappa Alphas one and all, It’s been a rough few days. I got the call from our current president about the demise of KA over the weekend. He had promised to call me and let me know as soon as he could, and he did. I thought I was prepared for…

Double Secret Probation and other really terrible problems

(This post has been in archives since March, given the events of this past week, I think it’s OK to publish now) I’m sitting in my kitchen right now, enjoying a snow day, and wondering how in the hell the last week actually happened!!! I’ve seen a lot in the last 12 years working at…

The Saint Valentine’s Day Masacre and what boy’s breakups have taught me

I was only working at KA for a few weeks when I found myself witness to the first of many, terrible breakups. Valentine’s day is a tricky day at the frat house. Most of the boys who have steady girlfriends wait until the day before to rush into the kitchen, frantic that there are no…

Nicknames just aren’t what they used to be

Generally, I think that title is true- Nicknames aren’t as clever as they used to be. I can remember my dad had (and still has) a nickname for almost everyone he knows. His friends from childhood had the best ones- “pockets”- the guy who always had his hands in his pockets (OK, this is not…

V.P.’s of Housing- the good, the bad and the totally invisible.

Hard as this might be to believe, there’s a hierarchy in the frat house. The “top 5” run the place, as much as any five twenty year olds can run anything. Actually, now there are six, because five never really quite got the job done (the jury is still out on whether or not the…

Rules and Sleepy (not the dwarf)

At St. Francis, there are only a few “rules” and most of them are for the nuns. Prayer everyday at 5:30 am, a life of service, be kind and hospitable always, etc. It’s not hard for them to follow the rules, after all, they are nuns. The one rule that applies to the staff…

How did I get here?

I left my job as executive Chef at the St. Francis Center for Renewal in the late spring of ’05. It was a really hard thing to do, I love those nuns and I love that place, still. But Mark was traveling all week and I was working all weekend, and that left little time…

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