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I’m digesting a fancy dinner at a fantastic place. It’s called The Cliffs Preserve, and it’s on Chile’s Pacific coast, an 8000-acre property that caters to the ultra rich. The rate for the villas here is $1200 per person per night, with a three-night minimum. The jaded travel trade writers […]
We spent most of today aboard a 35′ yacht, cruising among the towering wooded cliffs of th Comau fjord. Nobody goes in these mountains that are so inaccessible due to the high cliffs. We came upon a massive colony of sea lions who bellowed and barked, snapping at each other […]
We drove out of the small lakeside town of Puerto Varas to an elegant boutique hotel called Casa Molino. We were greeted warmly by Angela, who owns the property with her husband Albert. We walked through the glass fronted back wall which looks over the lake, and in the distance […]
Last night I breathed a sigh of relief after an uncomfortable and unfamiliar situation. I was seated way, way back in row 37 of the Boeing 737, tucked into a window seat. The flight was about two hours old, and the movies were long over. Beside me a Chilean woman […]
I’m crouching down and looking out the window at a plane that’s pushing back from the jetway at Bradley Airport. I’m off on another adventure, leaving behind the hussle and bustle of the businesses for a faraway place in South America. This will be a long day of flying, and […]
Here’s something interesting….more than half of all prescriptions that are handed out to patients are never filled. I read a story in the WSJ this week that contained several ideas about how to remedy this problem, that makes drug companies and doctors unhappy. It’s behavioral economics. The story by Michael […]
I am proud to say that we’ve got more than 2500 followers on Twitter. I learn so much from this platform, this misunderstood ‘microblogging’ forum. So many cool links, so many stories to share. Check out this graphic, it shows that 24% of newspapers have not even begun to use […]
In yesterday’s Daily Hampshire Gazette business page, a feature caught my eye. It was about a man named Delcie Bean who has grown up quickly, and told his Horatio Alger tale of success starting out at a very early age. Bean began his business career by founding a computer repair […]
I don’t vote in the city of Holyoke, yet tonight I spent time listening to a candidate for city councilor in this fine city. His name is Aaron Vega, and I think he got Cindy and Leona’s vote. We were invited to our friend John Lachappelle’s house and mingled with […]
My travel schedule gets ramped up big time over the next few months. This Friday, I have to go to bed early because I am flying at 6:30 am down to Miami, en route to Patagonia Chile. There I will visit the rainy rugged area and also spend a few […]
I spent some time in the heat of the summer on a boat off the Massachusetts coast. I was told that this vessel used very little fuel, because they cruised at a leisurely 8 miles per hour. I read today about an even more economical way to cruise on water, […]
Shelley Rotner, a New Yorker and Northamptonite, is a woman with a million projects percolating in her head. I met her while I was traveling in the Alps last year, and she told me about an upcoming children’s book–her 32nd–that she was working on. It’s just one of the many […]