For over 90 years – Shorty’s in Washington, PA. Here’s an action shot. Chili dog with everything, that’s how I went.
iPad art done in Sketch Club on an iPad Pro using an Apple Pencil, plus a little sharpening in iColorama.
So, I got to spend some time with superstar Piper, who’s being held by her mom, Vickie, the wife of my friend from childhood, Joe.
Ah, the beers? First, I had a pint of the Irish Dry Stout; then, a pint of Mischievous Brown Ale.
Where: Helltown Brewing, Houston, PA taproom.

Here’s a Republican, not new to this illustroblog, I’d like to have a beer with even though he’s done his share of flippin’ and floppin’. He’s put the bullshit aside for a while.
iPad art using an Apple Pencil on Sketch Club with a final tweak in iColorama.
Comfest, aka The Community Festival in Columbus, Ohio is, among other things, a three-day, annual celebration of irreversible identity change individually and collectively; and, Comfest 2023 is the 51st celebration of this irreversibility. It’s held each year in Goodale Park, and it comes together by virtue of countless community volunteers and a core group of tireless, creative, and generous organizers. As is written, ‘The festival bills itself as “The Party with a Purpose”.’