I’m sort of an irregular skier, but I’m fascinated by how the sport has evolved and how different it is in different parts of the country. Today I just finished skiing my second day at Mont Tremblant in Quebec, where just about everyone is friendly and kind. Nearly every single […]
Tonight we had a nighttime adventure in the deep dark woods of the Laurentian mountains in Quebec. Our group of 21, ranging in age from 6 to 65, met up at the base lodge of Mont Tremblant and tried on snowshoes, then we took the gondola straight up to the […]
Here I am in the land of poutine. Never heard of it? You are probably in the majority, because the only place I’ve seen poutine regularly appear on menus is up here in Quebec. Some times it will be a novelty item, available far and few between in New England, […]
I’ve spent the day here in Montreal taking in the local sites and enjoying the fresh winter weather outdoors. No doubt, this is a city and a province that celebrates the winter–embraces it with zeal and encourages its citizens to do the same. This week, for example, is the city’s […]
It’s time to hit the road again. This time, a long, windy and snowy road that heads up north out of South Deerfield and goes 272 miles to the north and then northwest to the city of Montreal. I’m heading straight for the Queen Elizabeth hotel, and I’ll trust my […]
This time of year is always exciting…because tomorrow I’ll join Paul Shoul and we’ll spend the next three days at the NY Times Travel Show in the big city! We will be staying at a new place that I’m looking forward to sharing. It’s called Furnished Quarters, and they offer […]
Mike Rooney, the lone heckler at the Bernie Sanders speech at UMass on Saturday. Bernie Sanders, refreshingly familiar in his dark suit, windswept hair, and Brooklyn monotone, came to Amherst today. We knew it was going to be a tight squeeze in the UMass Fine Arts Center, but we wanted […]
I’ve found that there is power in putting thoughts, ideas and especially, goals down in writing. So every year I try to come up with some goals, obtainable ones I hope, to further my life and my business. So not in order of priority, here is what I hope to […]
When everyone believes something, does it make it true? In the 2012 film “The Hunt,” we watch a schoolteacher’s life become completely unravelled after allegations of child abuse bubble up from a dubious source. And like a slow motion train wreck, what results brings out the worst in nearly all […]
I read a story that was so interesting that I read parts of the story to Mary. And Mary has a short tolerance for things that I find in the paper and begin reading to her. This was a story in today’s WSJ titled, “The Secret to Great Hair, and […]
Rotterdam is a feast for the eyes, if you love interesting buildings and daring architecture. I took a bike ride making a giant loop around the city yesterday with Narjara Grondman, a trained architect who showed me some of her favorite buildings and gave some background into the history of […]
I’m up in my corner office for a few days, on the sixth floor of the Inntel Hotel in Rotterdam. Once again an unsung and less heralded city has impressed me. Maybe it’s this grand hotel room, with the view of the Erasmus Bridge soaring above the harbor, and the […]