Bernardo Sips Coffee in El Retiro
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.
Ireland Leads the Way in Europe–More Babies
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 […]
Are You A Member of the Dunkin’ Tribe?
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 […]
These Photos Make You Wanna Eat!
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 […]
Gibberish…But Relevant, Valuable Gibberish, to Us
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 […]
A Biker Regrets the Bawdy Women Tattooed on his Legs
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 […]
From Santa Domingo, Looking Out at a New World
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 […]