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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
According to my calculations, Max should be back in the states and voraciously blogging very soon. It’s been a blast to step in here and talk about travel, current events, and other miscellaneous things, and I hope to come back to visit again soon.To sign off, I thought I’d leave […]
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Claudio Guerra, owner of six Western Mass. eateries including the new Paradise City Tavern in Northampton. PCT is a hip but still casual restaurant, watering hole, and entertainment spot that replaced Guerra’s more formal restaurant, the Del Raye, earlier this year. […]
It’s true that a jaunt to Bermuda is not the most ‘alternative’ trip one can take. But for two folks who haven’t taken a trip that wasn’t work-related since the Carter administration, it can seem as wacky as camping with Bedouins. Such was the case earlier this summer for my […]
With Max still globe-trotting in Colombia, I wanted to take a moment to point out another cool blog with views from all over the world: One Million Peace Signs, a blog dedicated to collected a cool million signs of peace in all its forms. People from all over the world […]
I visited The Shelburne Falls Wine Merchant in Shelburne Falls, Mass. recently for an article I’m working on, looking at interesting entrepreneurial endeavors in the small business sector. Owned by Paul-Thierry de la Blotier, French and Welsh by decent, the Wine Merchant specializes in the ‘English service model’ — slower, […]
Hurricane Gustav is bringing strong winds and bad memories to the Gulf Coast, and the entire country seems to be keeping a close, earnest watch on the situation. In the French quarter of New Orleans, buildings are boarded up and residents are leaving in droves. Gustav has been downgraded to […]