A Ship Was Built to Sail the Seas
Rain pounds down outside and we’re back in New England after the show. One moment that I remember fondly was at a dinner we had to celebrate being together in NYC. We went to an upstairs table at Patsy’s Pizza, where they make pizzas in a coal-fired oven. Over wine […]
The Show Continues a Great Tradition in Travel
Tradeshow days and New York City nights! It is always exciting to be in the Big Apple, just walking down the street provides a jolt of energy and makes me feel lucky to be alive. Today we met hundreds of people who all share a love of travel…that’s why they […]
it’s Showtime Again in New York City
New York City–I’m just settling into the New York Midtown East Marriot hotel, on busy Third Avenue. Twenty-three floors down, the traffic honks and roars, across the street an office tower is still lit up and people, ant-like, move about their offices and check their email. I’m happy to say […]
A Mirror Into the Mystery that Is Iran
Cindy gave me a fascinating book for my birthday in October that I recently finished. It’s called Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran, by Elaine Sciolino. The author is a Newsweek and New York Times writer who has spent more than twenty years visiting Iran and has built up […]
"Check the Computer, Mom"
Misha Cornes writes in Adotas, an interactive media newsletter, about the digital divide and the senior online set. “My mom is 64. On those rare occasions when I send her an email, with, say, my flight information, I have to call her first to let her know to “check the […]
Bill Remembers the Details of the Books We Read
Last night I enjoyed a few laughs with one of my oldest and best friends, Bill Hewitt. There is something that is so wonderful about old friends…the kind who really know you, remember stuff, and who get the joke–every time. We watched the Florida Gators trounce the Ohio State Buckeyes. […]
Separate Sleeping Zones are In for 2007
I found two items in the local newspaper that were interesting yesterday. One was a story in the Republican’s Home section about trends in bedrooms. It seems that MacMansions are going out of style…people are not asking for 5000 square foot homes anymore, the new trend is smaller, cozier, and […]
Now That’s a Latte!
This latte was picked up in one of the 800 cafes Goteborg, Sweden.