No. 70 - Chasing Trout in Carolina
WASPy Stuff Bradley A. Evans WASPy Stuff Bradley A. Evans

No. 70 - Chasing Trout in Carolina

1,510 Words. 6 Minute Read.

Wiiiiiisssssshhhhhhh went my reel…screaming as line shot through the guides on a three-weight like a missile off the deck of a battleship. I had a big boy on the other end fighting for his life.

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No. 62 - Logos & Such
WASPy Stuff Bradley A. Evans WASPy Stuff Bradley A. Evans

No. 62 - Logos & Such

1,219 Words. 5 Minute Read.

Life is odd at times. You work so hard for what you want, and when you get it, you don’t know that at that very moment, that’s as high as you’ll ever feel, and with each subsequent interaction, it loses its excitement and newness, until you become indifferent about seeing a movie screening at Peachtree Golf Club. What the hell is wrong with me?

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No. 57 - An Improbable Hole-in-One
WASPy Stuff Bradley A. Evans WASPy Stuff Bradley A. Evans

No. 57 - An Improbable Hole-in-One

517 Words. 2 Minute Read.

I’ll never forget the feeling because it can’t be replicated. The good Lord only hands them out once, maybe twice in a lifetime. Let’s just say I know how Mickey Mantle felt when he launched his 565-foot moonshot out of Griffith Stadium in ‘53.  

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No. 56 - California Golf Club of San Francisco
WASPy Stuff Bradley A. Evans WASPy Stuff Bradley A. Evans

No. 56 - California Golf Club of San Francisco

2,021 Words. 8 Minute Read.

I walked in the front door to what reminded me of a gilded age mansion during the off-season; massive, historic, and classically unoccupied.  Furniture, though sparse, was unpretentious and handsome.  Weathered trophy cases hold artifacts that require a century's worth of history to acquire.  Hand-painted maps of northern California reside above stately fireplaces, arched windows line long hallways, and an ornately decorated ballroom sat aristocratically empty.  I felt like I was in a 19th-century bachelor pad for robber barons.   

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