Time Out with Steve Howard Find out what always makes him smile. DECEMBER 2009/JANUARY 2010

BY ELAINE ROOKER JACK
PHOTO BY MELISSA DONALD
DECEMBER 2009/JANUARY 2010

Time Out

	Steve Howard with wife, Mechelle, and stepson Evan.

with Steve Howard

Age: 36

Lives: Middletown

With: Wife Mechelle and stepson Evan (12)

Birth order: Youngest of 5 boys

Profession/work life: Mail Carrier, U.S. Postal Service

When he grew up he wanted to be: a musician

His fondest memory of childhood: his mother’s cooking

He takes out-of-town company to: a restaurant or bar in the Highlands

On his life-long “to do” list: own a recording studio

His favorite vacation spot: San Francisco

A product he loves: Shiner Boch beer

His favorite local restaurant: August Moon Chinese Bistro

Music he cranks up loud: Dave Matthews Band

His favorite children’s book: Charlotte’s Web

His comfort food: potato chips

Household task he hates: painting

Household task he doesn’t mind so much: laundry

What’s on his night stand: Rolling Stone magazine

Someone should invent: better-timed traffic lights

He still has: his GI Joe comic books

He’s likely to get caught eating: Goldfish crackers

He refuses to eat: greens

Kid music he might get caught humming: Alvin and the Chipmunks

His favorite family fun: playing board games like Trouble, Monopoly, Scrabble

He introduced Evan to: “The old Star Wars movies, which are better. He didn’t want to watch them but when he did, he loved them.”

What always makes him smile: Watching Evan and Mechelle playing with the dogs.