I took some screen printing classes in high school and then again in college, along with my major of graphic design... After college, I joined a band and started making posters for our own shows, which led to other bands asking for posters, then to venues asking for posters, then to major record labels asking for posters. And while all this is happening, I still made time to make my own stuff, koozies, t-shirts, bumper stickers, etc....and everything kinda grew at the same time.

This is an easy one, Famous Lunch in Troy, NY. I first went to Famous Lunch around the mid 00's on the way to a camping trip, I fell in love with it immediately, the classic signage, the hot dogs, and the overall feel of the city of Troy. I went back again years later and felt the same exact way, now I try to go up twice a year just to sit in the restaurant and eat the mini hot dogs.

This is a very timely question, as next month marks 3 years of working on my own, my quality of life has gone way up after having a better work / life balance. After we had our son, I wanted to be around more for him, and after a handful of years of missing him before school and after school I decided it was time to work from home. I tried being an absentee owner of the print shop I was part of in South Philly and it just wasn't for me. Now I can pick and choose the jobs I'd like to take on a little more, with more of a focus on the quality of work that leaves my studio. I do miss talking to people throughout the day, haha, but I call my friends who also work from home and print while on speakerphone. I finish my day when my son's bus pulls up after school, and I've been going out more to shows and comedy shows after he goes to sleep to fill my social meter.

Seth Rogen for sure, we already look kinda similar and have the same laugh... it might not be the most exciting movie yet, haha, the future is still unwritten... The teenage and college years would be a lot of fun though for a movie, lots of skateboarding in Ocean City, NJ and punk rock shows in West Philly. Drinking 40's under the bridge by the Schuylkill River and riding bikes all night was a big part of my 20s, playing shows with my old band and meeting my now wife at a show we played would make for great cinema. I was wearing a Big Trouble In Little China t-shirt and she approached me singing the theme song from the movie, our band went on stage and I was still in the crowd talking to her, I heard my name over the speakers as my bandmates were calling for me to get on stage. I said on the mic this set goes out to her and I was going to marry her one day... and that is around the same time my printing career was starting up. So it could transition into long sweaty days printing in a basement. Just imagine a sweaty Seth Rogen printing in his boxers.

I was telling a concert promoter at the Electric Factory I was ready to quit bartending and focus more on my personal print work, but was nervous about leaving that quick cash of working behind the bar... He said, "It's like water down a hill, it'll find a way." I think about that piece of advice anytime I'm stuck on wanting to try something new. Rest In Peace, Bryan, your advice has stayed with me since you said that 12-13yrs ago.