by Darrin Johnson | Dec 3, 2017 | Ruelon, Events, Lifestyle, Travel
I can never sleep the night before I travel abroad. Double checking my flight status, and checking the pocket of my duffle bag to ensure my passport is there, all consume me to the point of travel insomnia. So much time, organization, and stress goes into setting...
by Darrin Johnson | Jul 3, 2017 | Ruelon, Events, Lifestyle, Sports/Entertainment
Summer is well underway and most of us are already approaching our second major national holiday of the year, The Fourth of July. Whether or not you’re planning a stay-cation or gearing up for upcoming destination getaway, it is with deep regret that I must...
by Darrin Johnson | Jun 30, 2017 | Ruelon, Events, Lifestyle, Spirituality, Travel
There is nothing I detest more than the middle seat on an airplane. I paid for extra leg room on my flight to Puerto Vallarta a few weeks back but I’m still baffled at the idea that most people sitting in the either the window, or aisle seat, are unaware arm rests...
by Darrin Johnson | May 23, 2017 | Ruelon, Events, Lifestyle, News, Sports/Entertainment
It’s Thursday night in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic in 2016. I’m stepping over my luggage that I’ve yet to unpack as I anxiously prepare my attire for the evening. Once I’ve assembled the right look complete with the right hat, I can’t help but feel as if something...
by Darrin Johnson | Apr 13, 2017 | Ruelon, Events, Fashion, Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Travel
Circuit events or “Prides” as it’s affectionately called in the black gay community, was something I avoided like the plague in the past. My perception of these events was that they were a ridiculous opportunity for individuals who led a vapid existence to have...
by Darrin Johnson | Jan 29, 2017 | Ruelon, Events, Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Spirituality
On a hot summer day in June 2013, I stood in an old pay phone booth in New York City. I was to have a conversation that I would remember for the rest of my life. It was on this day that I told my African American father from the rural south that I was gay. I didn’t...
