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Don’t Do This to Me, I’m Fat Enough Already

Don’t Do This to Me, I’m Fat Enough Already

This goes out to anyone who has ever been on a press trip. You know the suffering. The madness. The ‘it’s already time to eat? We just had lunch’ feeling you sometimes get when your hosts want you to sample their cuisine and pile it on. I’m sure I’ll get […]

Braised Mangoes, Spinach and Toasted Almonds: Cafe Salad

I tried writing this post on my cute new iPhone. But it was useless, I really can’t write anything more than a few words with that absurdly small keyboard, even though the letters do conveniently jump up and enlarge themselves for you. One would have to have the slenderest of […]

McCain’s Secret Weapon

McCain’s Secret Weapon

This is going to be a tough one….I mean, women in skirts like this get what they want. I was all pumped up about the Democrat’s chances after watching Obama wow the football stadium. Now I am worried that this secret weapon of McCain’s will be our undoing. Even though […]

Our Turnaround Hope is to Sell a Huge Pick-up

Bad news on the front page of today’s Gazette. The local Dodge dealer might close. It is hardly a surprise after what I read in last night’s WSJ about the company’s strategic plan for a future recovery. It is stupendously out of touch with reality, since the story said their […]

Lunch at Mountain Huts–Who Can Say No?

Lunch at Mountain Huts–Who Can Say No?

The cool air of fall is upon us, and even if summer is scheduled to be here through Sept 21, it’s chilly and feels so much different now. Last night I went out and copied my friend Larry by buying an ipod Touch. What this sleek device offers is super […]

Ouch, Oh God, That’s Gotta Hurt

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a television program that forces you to laugh so hard at such terrible and painful things happening to strangers. It’s ABC’s Wipeout, and watching professional cheerleaders, aeronautical engineers, and former college football players bounce hard off of six-foot round rubber balls or get punched […]

Nobody Wants to Be Chief

Nobody Wants to Be Chief

Visiting Colombia’s remote and rarely visited Pacific coast last week, we met a man who has worked to help local people there become responsible and promote entrepreneurship. It’s an uphill battle, Guillermo Gomez told us, as we sat having coffee in the open air ramada where he keeps the motorboats […]

Building a Missile Silo up on Mt Sugarloaf

It felt great to be back in the cafe once again. One bit of news that perked me up was when Sara told me that one of the producers of the film “Edge of Darkness,” part of which will be shot on top of Mount Sugarloaf, had stopped by the […]

Tales of the Drug Old Days in Colombia

Tales of the Drug Old Days in Colombia

One of my favorite parts of any overseas trip are those times after dinner when you get a chance to relax and talk with the local hosts. At El Cantil, in remote Nuqui, Colombia, Memo Gomez and his wife Nana lingered with us and told us about what life was […]

How Much Do Things Cost in Colombia?

It´s a welcome relief to be traveling in a place where the dollar buys a lot of pesos and nothing seems very expensive. Tonight we went to one of the coolest places in Medellin, Colombia, the Plaza de Posada and joined hundreds of Paisas watching a very important soccer match. […]

So Glad, So Very Glad, To Be Back in Touch!

For the first time since last Friday, my clothes are all dry and my feet are not wet. I am back from my communications cocoon on the Pacific coast of Colombia, not far from the Panama border. Contrary to our itinerary, we flew first to Bahia Solono, where we took […]

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