Dressed for The Cold at Quebec City’s Carnival
The winds were blowing and outside from my 15th floor Hilton hotel room, the flags strained, flapping wildly on their poles. Yet outside, long lines of schoolchildren wound their way past five-foot snowdrifts into tunnels that take them to a park where a huge house has been built of ice. […]
Waiting to Board a Tiny Plane to Quebec City
I’m in the terminal at Bradley, waiting to board a tiny Beechcraft for a 40-minute flight to Montreal. It’s my first trip of the year, and the destination is Quebec City, where they are celebrating the Winter Carnival. Fellow blogger and friend Ginger Warder just returned and she warned me–it’s […]
Grilled Rat; It’s What’s For Dinner in Saigon
What’s new on the menu in Vietnam? None other than rat! I read on this rainy morning a story by James Hookway in the WSJ that told of the booming market for rodent all through Vietnam. Street vendors and restaurants report they are looking for rats to sell, and to […]
Cindy McCain: "The Only Person He Trusts Is Me"
You can always find interesting stuff on Rush Limbaugh’s website. He’s in trouble with the GOP because he’s launching missiles against the assumed nominee. Here’s a link from the Times UK about the target of the talkmiester’s rath. “McCain’s marriage has long attracted attention both for the 18-year age gap […]
New Staff, New Hiring, Make the GoNOMAD Economy Grow
Today we’re running a help wanted ad on Craigslist for cafe help. That’s a good feeling, we’re adding to the jobs of America, the vaunted jobs that every pol talks about. Creating jobs for Americans. We’re doing that at GoNOMAD. The ad on Craigslist will bring in about 10 or […]
This is What Saturday Night Should Be
Last night was the kind of Saturday night I want 52 weeks a year. Sometimes that all important night just creeps up on you, and without plans you end up doing nothing fun. If somebody were to ask me how I’d like to spend Saturday night, last night is my […]
Deerfield Attractions.com Attracts the Neighbors
I ventured out into the sleet and chill to rally fellow business people to join our nascent Deerfield Attractions website, and so far there’s lots of enthusiasm for the plan. It makes so much sense, after all, to try and capture tourist visits using a website, and it didn’t hurt […]
GoNOMAD’s An Exciting Place To Be Now!
It sometimes boggles my mind how much happens in this little office, everything is happening in marvelous waves. We’ve been in touch with another larger travel website about a new partnership, developing a whole new suite of pages with quality content. It’s going to be a great new way to […]