I’m working at the cafe this morning but of course, have to take time to blog—hey, that’s my day job! So I picked up BusinessWest and of course turned to the story of the month: Publisher John Gormally’s purchase of abc40, the Springfield MA television station. The news is good. […]
This village outside Medellin had long long streets all heading into the square, where we had this cuppa from a cafe that is devoted to the national soccer team.
Reading the New York Times on Cindy’s patio, I found a story about the fast growing population of The Republic of Ireland. It’s Europe’s Number one country for population growth–a mean feat on a continent with such stagnating growth rate that no one knows who will change the sheets and […]
Do you really wanna be? Dunkin’ Donuts, now owned by Thomas H. Lee Partners, Bain Capital Partners and the Carlyle Group, is big on market research to keep up its torrid growth rate. A story in the WSJ a few weeks ago discussed how they decide which new cities to […]
At the end of the day I decided to jazz up our GoNOMAD Cafe Myspace page. Click the image to get a mouth-watering close-up!So we added a whole new photo gallery by Manager and photographer Liz Bagley. They make the food look very good. Hat tip to my son-in-law Francisco […]
Web Pro News is the Bible when it comes to trying to understand the vast web with its many secret rules and algorithms. Often, one of the big decisions a website editor makes is who to link to. Every day emails are received from someone seeking a link. And it’s […]
After our 3:30 am wake-up call in Medellin, we’re finally on the last leg of our long voyage home, aboard a 737 bound for Hartford from Miami. In the seat pocket of the jet I picked up a copy of Mountain Biker and read about a tattooed biker who regretted […]
The people in the Santa Domingo barrio, at the very top of a mountain overlooking the city, live in a teeming and crowded world, with every street going nearly up and down or squiggling sideways. This area has been reborn with steadfast determination of city officials who realized that part […]
Last night we had a farewell dinner with our Latin American friends, who were meeting in the lobby for a 3:30 am departure. Ugh! Our host was the General Manager of the InterContinental in Medellin, Tony Ruiz. As he began his little speech to us in Spanish, he looked over […]
We passed this kissing couple on our way up the cable car, sneaking a moment away from little brother, who was climbing a tree around the corner and no doubt was just about to disturb them.
CThis is one way poor entrepreneurs make money in Colombia–Minuto Celular. Just take a phone, put up an orange sign, and your neighbors or passers by can make cell phone calls on your phone for some pesos. We’ve seen these as high as 400 pesos, or as low as 200 […]
