Who is Fatherfolk?

AaronFatherfolk

Aaron Weintraub is one of the founders and editors of fatherfolk. He is responsible for content having to do with cars (the band). Aaron is committed to tracking, hunting, and killing great content and then serving it for you on a bed of greens.





BlakeFatherFolk

Co-Founder, Editor and occasional writer when the mood strikes, the kids' asleep, the dogs are fed, and the beer is cold.








GretchenFatherfolk

We've just birthed the newest member of the Fatherfolk Collective! Would you like to cut the cord? We're calling her Gretchen Harwell. She lives in Asheville and looks better in a sweater than you do.

Gretchen was born the late 1980s in New York City, originally as a band called Trucking Company, which included Canadian guitarist Eric Schenkman, John Popper, and later Chris Barron, who was John Popper's Princeton, NJ high school friend.  Gretchen was signed to Epic Records/Sony Music by A&R executive Frankie LaRocka in 1991. Gretchen's Epic debut EP Up for Grabs...Live was recorded live at The Wetlands Preserve in Lower Manhattan, and released in January 1991.

Actually, those are just facts about the band Spin Doctors. Gretchen was born in Vermont. In high school, which was the last time I saw her, she played the oboe. For those of you who don't know what the oboe is, lets just say it's something sexual and leave it at that. Gretchen works as a vet tech and has gin instead of blood. We are super excited that she will be writing a "Things I Found in Your Dog" column, and a Retro Review Column. Please join us in welcoming Gretchen to the Fatherfolk family.

AndyFatherfolk

We've just given birth to a hairy, six foot baby boy and we couldn't be more proud! Please join us in welcoming Andrew Rosenstock as the newest member of the Fatherfolk Collective. I've known Andy since before he even started college and he is one of the most entertaining, interesting, and thoughtful dudes I know. Andy made Burlington mellow, made Brooklyn hip, turned San Fransisco gay and is currently traveling the world in an attempt to make America likable.

Andy surfs, ferments, cooks, writes, is a yogi, and prior to embarking on his adventure, worked some vague businessy job in San Fran. Andy has eaten a sheep's head, ridden in a tank, dated Bettie White, and was mentioned by name as many as eight times in Mel Gibson's recorded telephone rants.  He has contrubuted several of his travel pieces to fatherfolk already, which can be found here: http://www.fatherfolk.com/search/label/travel%20Andy Andy blogs at http://herenow-nowhere.blogspot.com/ and tweets @astock and @andyfatherfolk. We are absolutely tickled that Andy has agreed to join us as a regular contributor. Please join us in giving him a big Fatherfolk welcome!

VinceFatherfolk

We are super excited to introduce Vince as our newest writer! Vince can be found on his great blog exhausdad.com and on twitter @exhausdad. He will be writing a weekly column on health and wellness for kiddos and families. In his own words....

My name is Vince. I studied the nexus between buddhism and the environment in school. Most of my family members are vegetarian. I've been married for three years and have a one year old daughter. I like to run extreme races with obstacles and puke just after crossing the finish line. I'm training for my first triathlon. I love a good IPA, the hoppier, the better. I sometimes get green and orange confused. I lived in Japan for a year, but had to leave because they kept slipping fish under the cheese on my pizza. I try my best to eat organic and local food and think everybody else should too. I sometimes have inappropriate dreams about Hillary Clinton.