Watching the Clean Slice of the Logs Brings Me Joy
Once I took a ‘course’ in voluntary simplicity. It wasn’t really a course, more like a bunch of people who met once a week to talk about how to make life simpler and less stressful. At one point during a session, we all went around and talked about little things […]
Will Anyone Under 25 Miss the Boston Globe?
Last night was highlighted by a successful dinner party where for the first time in ages I cooked using recipes and the results were delicious. I even had to punt, skipping some unobtainable ingredients, but it was fun seeing those stuffed baby eggplants and scallops sitting on the plates. I’ve […]
An Evening of Music in a Cafe then a Cool Studio
A lovely evening of music began at a cafe that’s even smaller than the GoNOMAD Cafe tonight called the Blue House Cafe in Haydenville. We had been invited by our friend Chris Cappello, who was playing the drums for the Fran Ciccarcarelli Quartet. In the tiny space, a big bass, […]
Describing Long Beach Island and the Cape to a Newcomer
A GoNOMAD Reader named Ginnie Terhunez emailed me, asking for advice about which part of the East Coast to visit. She asked me about the Cape, and about other areas. I replied saying that Long Beach Island and Cape Cod were two great places to visit. Here are the details. […]
A Loud Bang! But We Fly On to Bradley
I’m just back from Atlanta, and just barely made my connecting flight on Delta from Detroit to Hartford. For some reason I thought Detroit was central time…D’OH! So I ran like a greyhound and found the door closed. A sullen gate worker opened up the door and I ran down […]
Advertisers During Recessions Do Better After
In the Omni hotel, I’m packing up and getting ready to take the train to the plane. At the final session of Travelcom, I learned some interesting things about how successful companies can do better in recessions. We heard from Kevin Kowalski, a VP at Intercontinental Hotels, owners of the […]
The Whale Sharks Are Almost As Big as Vegas’ Debt
I wrapped up my day of Travelcom at an awards dinner held by Travelzoo, giving out 23 awards in all sorts of travel categories. It was held at the Georgia Aquarium, and that gave me a chance first to see white Beluga whales gliding by, bumping their noses on the […]
Rob Torres: It All Comes Down to Text Ads
Rob Torres is a man who easily wears a smile. As head of Google’s travel advertising sector, he handles the lion’s share of the world’s search marketing funds and yet to him it’s still simply text ads, not algorithms and gobbletigook. We spoke about the business and his background at […]