Scott Gerace https://scottgerace.com/ Commenting on life: One cocktail at a time. Sun, 11 May 2025 18:37:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://scottgerace.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-greg-salvatori-photography-new-york-4-32x32.jpg Scott Gerace https://scottgerace.com/ 32 32 193702308 How I reignited my desire for real love and connection https://scottgerace.com/writing/how-i-reignited-my-desire-for-real-love-and-connection/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:44:07 +0000 https://scottgerace.com/?p=2485 After striking out in dating, my friend and I decided to give it up in favor of battery-operated stimulation. It was the thrill of our pleasure-seeking adventure which led to...

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]]> 2485 My relationship with my dad was never found in Father’s Day cards https://scottgerace.com/writing/my-relationship-with-my-dad-was-never-found-in-fathers-day-cards/ Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:38:11 +0000 https://scottgerace.com/?p=2438 I dreaded picking out a Father’s Day card to reflect a father/son relationship that never quite matched the payoff inside the card . . . or so I thought. But...

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]]> 2438 I am an uncle. Was I missing out by not being someone’s dad? https://scottgerace.com/writing/i-am-an-uncle-was-i-missing-out-by-not-being-someones-dad-the-washington-post-2/ Sat, 27 Jul 2019 13:35:14 +0000 https://www.scottgerace.com/?p=1304 “Oh my God, Aiden! Oh my God!” I cried in terror. My 12-year-old nephew giggled in delight. After surviving three turns on Coney Island’s Cyclone roller coaster, we sat next to each...

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]]> 1304 How Pavarotti brokered a bond with my dad https://scottgerace.com/writing/how-pavarotti-brokered-a-bond-with-my-dad/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 12:37:20 +0000 https://www.scottgerace.com/?p=435 I was a closeted gay kid who loved Broadway show tunes. My blue-collar dad loved fishing and baseball. “O Holy Night” briefly erased the distance between us. All the members of...

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]]> 435 Cannonballs in Brazil https://scottgerace.com/writing/cannonballs-in-brazil/ https://scottgerace.com/writing/cannonballs-in-brazil/#comments Tue, 15 May 2018 13:10:57 +0000 https://www.scottgerace.com/?p=412 He watched me float on my back naked in the pool, ignoring bar patrons 100 feet away, sipping vacation cocktails. My new Brazilian friend, Alex, ten years my junior, hesitated...

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]]> https://scottgerace.com/writing/cannonballs-in-brazil/feed/ 1 412 Happily ever after https://scottgerace.com/writing/happily-ever-after/ https://scottgerace.com/writing/happily-ever-after/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:41:26 +0000 https://www.scottgerace.com/?p=380 It arrived deceptively addressed in swirls of calligraphy and sprinkled with saccharine roses: the dreaded wedding invitation. As I clung to singlehood in middle age, it served as a piercing...

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]]> https://scottgerace.com/writing/happily-ever-after/feed/ 1 380 The kidney who came to dinner https://scottgerace.com/writing/the-kidney-who-came-to-dinner/ Thu, 07 Dec 2017 13:00:43 +0000 https://www.scottgerace.com/?p=346 “I just had my third kidney transplant.” He revealed this fact to me on our second date, as I put a forkful of the insalata di frisee in my mouth at...

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]]> 346 The Stone Beach: My mother’s final resting place needed to be perfect; I made sure it was https://scottgerace.com/writing/stone-beach-mothers-final-resting-place-needed-perfect-made-sure/ https://scottgerace.com/writing/stone-beach-mothers-final-resting-place-needed-perfect-made-sure/#comments Wed, 17 May 2017 21:42:37 +0000 https://www.scottgerace.com/?p=241 I’m the first to admit that I like a few cocktails, even one too many on occasion. That all changed the year my mother, Sally, passed away after a brief...

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]]> https://scottgerace.com/writing/stone-beach-mothers-final-resting-place-needed-perfect-made-sure/feed/ 2 241 How one motorcycle ride helped me come out of the closet https://scottgerace.com/writing/how-one-motorcycle-ride-helped-me-come-out-of-the-closet/ https://scottgerace.com/writing/how-one-motorcycle-ride-helped-me-come-out-of-the-closet/#comments Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:45:45 +0000 https://www.scottgerace.com/?p=211 That motorcycle ride along the sloping, tree-lined hills of my alma mater as held tightly onto the waist of my college crush, Eric, was a dream come true. It was one of...

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]]> https://scottgerace.com/writing/how-one-motorcycle-ride-helped-me-come-out-of-the-closet/feed/ 3 211 My mother and I were best friends. But there’s one thing we never talked about. https://scottgerace.com/writing/mother-best-friends-theres-one-thing-never-talked/ https://scottgerace.com/writing/mother-best-friends-theres-one-thing-never-talked/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:21:40 +0000 https://www.scottgerace.com/?p=61 Little Orphan Annie killed Santa Claus when I was 7 years old. It was the same time my mother and I began to share a secret that lasted the rest of her...

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