We drove the northern part of the island of Elba and this was one of the scenes en route. We took the state-owned ferry, Toremar, in the distance you can see the Moby Lines boat coming back from the island.
We are in the midst of a media fast. I did not realize this when we set up this trip, but the fact is that Grifoglia, with green fields and rolling hills, is in the sticks. There is nothing here except a big garden, a lovely pool, a stone house […]
Late night at the cafe. We’re in the midst of an art show opening for Simon Camp, who is showing photographs of Rwanda in our cafe. It’s not a big night. Despite good publicity only a few people showed up. But it made me realize that doing this kind of […]
It’s been a criminally long time—two days without a single post. I actually did try to post on Monday but the photo I wanted to upload of Cindy in front of the MAMBO museum in Bologna refused to comply. She’s just had her story about that fine city posted on […]
It’s been a sweltering weekend–one that we should remember next February and try to savor. Sitting outside last night, it never dropped below about 75…what a change, but then, it’s August for God’s sake. I’m in the cafe and it’s busy…nice to see Sundays finally picking up. I picked up […]
Have you ever heard of a Jatropha plant? It’s a weed that grows in barren landscapes, needing barely any water and surviving tough soil. Today’s WSJ reports that in India it’s the latest hot topic and thousands of acres are being planted with what was once a worthless weed. It […]
Elba, oh Elba, I am beginning to love you. Spent time today on the phone with Maurizio. He said he would be our personal guide to Elba, where we are traveling on Sept 9. I love planning ferry rides and rental cars in faraway places…we will be meeting his friend […]
I’m working at the cafe this morning but of course, have to take time to blog—hey, that’s my day job! So I picked up BusinessWest and of course turned to the story of the month: Publisher John Gormally’s purchase of abc40, the Springfield MA television station. The news is good. […]
Reading the New York Times on Cindy’s patio, I found a story about the fast growing population of The Republic of Ireland. It’s Europe’s Number one country for population growth–a mean feat on a continent with such stagnating growth rate that no one knows who will change the sheets and […]
Do you really wanna be? Dunkin’ Donuts, now owned by Thomas H. Lee Partners, Bain Capital Partners and the Carlyle Group, is big on market research to keep up its torrid growth rate. A story in the WSJ a few weeks ago discussed how they decide which new cities to […]
At the end of the day I decided to jazz up our GoNOMAD Cafe Myspace page. Click the image to get a mouth-watering close-up!So we added a whole new photo gallery by Manager and photographer Liz Bagley. They make the food look very good. Hat tip to my son-in-law Francisco […]
Web Pro News is the Bible when it comes to trying to understand the vast web with its many secret rules and algorithms. Often, one of the big decisions a website editor makes is who to link to. Every day emails are received from someone seeking a link. And it’s […]