Traverse City Michigan Is My Next Port of Call
As a polar vortex comes barreling out of Canada toward the Midwest, that’s exactly where I am flying tomorrow morning, when I visit Traverse City Michigan for a four-day press visit. Why am I going to this northern Michigan city on the cusp of winter? Because Mike Norton invited me. […]
A Sister’s Visit with a Georgian Feast
What a weekend! It was a nonstop fun fest from Friday until Sunday, when our three fantastic house guests my sisters Jenny Brown and Moo came for their annual visit. I have a hard time describing just what exactly it is–is it energy? Is it enthusiasm? Is it just this […]
Quotes from Notables in the Business World
I read a lot of news about business leaders and was quite surprised by these quotes that I read in the WSJ last week, from Rupert Murdoch and Hans Vestberg of Ericsson. Murdoch, the owner of the WSJ, was asked about mistakes the company has made, and they brought up […]
Firewood Ain’t Cheap Nor Plentiful Round these Parts
November first, now we’re really in the thick of the getting colder season. I have been spending as much time as I can sitting next to our woodstove, using the laptop instead of going downstairs to the cold basement office to the big computer. I’ve learned a bit about the […]
Visiting the Hometown of the World’s Most Evil Terrorist in Georgia
I love picking up local newspapers when I travel. Today I found a remarkable story in the Georgia Journal about meeting the father of the world’s most notorious terrorist, Omar al-Shishani, who was born Tarkhan Batirashvili in a small town of Birkiani in Pankisi, Georgia. Temur Batirashvili lamented in what […]
Dr Samuel Gladstone to Retire After Serving with Distinction
I’ve been lucky in life to have had a steady hand looking over my health since 1991. That’s when I began to visit Dr Samuel Gladstone as my personal physician. I can look at my chart every visit, much of it hand written in Sam’s unique style of penmanship. I […]
TRYP by Wyndham: A Giant Room in Crowded Manhattan, Wow!
I found my hotel last night after a long walk across town, and the friendly people in the lobby gave me a positive feeling. There is lots of wood here at TRYP by Wyndham, and screens in the lobby directing you to all sorts of information about the hotel and […]
