Auntie K starts chasing you, and then Apologizes And Various Other Things

The number one question I’ve been asked since starting at the PCN has been whether or not we would bring back the “People on the Street” feature, made famous by the legendary Anti Mary Ann Dooner, and later, the infamous John Degal. Honestly, you have no idea how much this idea tickled me because I started practicing for that very job fifteen years ago.

It’s how I met Kathryn Hofer. One night, for some reason, I felt the need to walk around with a clip-board, (or was it a stack of bar napkins? It’s hard to say.) randomly asking people, “What do . . . ?”

Kathryn’s is the only answer that surviv...