Wow. That is what it is like to own a cafe. Wow, I can’t believe all of the details that go into this. Wow, people really like the place, they come in with smiles on their faces and say “this is a really nice cafe.” I have never worked this […]
The cafe business is much harder than it looks. As I sit here on our first official day, I was pleased to see some of the same people who came by when we were giving away the coffee free. Good sign, they will pay for this. We also saw a […]
Today is the big day, and because of this, I cannot sleep. I spent all afternoon and most of the evening working at the new cafe, it feels like there is so much more to do that it will never be done. Buying things, making signs, creating flyers, figuring out […]
The plane ride was long, so there were more movies on Virgin last night. The second feature was made from a Steve Martin novella, The Shop Girl. Once again it was a case of characters developing, changing, and moving forward in their lives that made this movie poignant and delightful. […]
My flight from London was a cinematic delight. My first choice was The Weatherman, a film I had just read about on the previous flight. The film is about a Chicago weatherman who is pitiful in spite of his big salary…because he gets no respect. Passersby throw milkshakes and fast […]
On our last night in Cyprus, we went to the center of Limossos to a tavern on a sidesteet, during tonight’s carnival. That is the time when people dress up in costumes and party later than usual, in honor of the festival preceeding Easter. We squeezed into a corner table […]
Blogging every day is what I shoot for on my journeys, but it isn’t as easy as it sounds. We stayed at a five-star hotel with the swankiest ocean view rooms and marble everything, but the only link to my beloved ‘Net was one slow dial up computer with a […]
The Cyprus story is certainly more than the Green line and the north. There is plenty of beauty here on the Southern shores, where the cliffs show the glint off the Mediterranean. We started the day visiting the Temple of Apollo, on a windy bluff off the highway. This country […]
Here is the UN line where as of 2004, Cypriots can travel to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. One thing most people never do is stay over, since they don’t want to give money to the Turks who have settled in their former land. In the newspaper here, there […]
We’ve been in Cyprus for one day and have talked a lot about the big question many of us brought with us: What is up with the separation of the country? Our guide had firm opinions, as did most of the other Cypriots. She said that when she was asked […]
Tonight as I flew to London, I had plenty of time to read the Weekend Wall Street Journal. Among the notable stories was a profile of a rarity: A muslim who has spoken out, loudly, against the twisted views that Islamofacists are putting out. Yenny Wahid is a prominent Muslim […]
Since losing two DVDs owned by Blockbuster, I haven’t been able to rent my usual share of movies, even though they continue to bill me each month. One of the movies I would have rented was offered on Virgin Atlantic’s amazing inflight movie system, where a veritable blockbusterish bevy of […]