Tonight I looked over a eye-popping chart in the WSJ. It was a list of planned hotel/casinos that are being built in Las Vegas. I counted more than 12,000 planned rooms, and thought, “how could one city possibly fill up that many hotel rooms? But the answer is equally impressive: […]
A sad story in today’s Daily Hampshire Gazette mentioned Victoria White, who passed away at 51 several months ago. It said that her business, DogHampton, would close soon. It was just too sad without her, her partner Deb Lohmeyer told the paper’s Rachael Hanley. Many dog owners in Northampton will […]
Browsing Wired.com, I found a story from 2002 about how tough it is to make money in the porn business. Edward Cone did the reporting. “It’s still possible to make a modest income by posting some free pictures and links as part of an affiliate program. “If you have some […]
Some times the people who work for you amaze you. Such a thing happened yesterday when our cafe manager Liz came up with a brilliant idea. She is going to shoot photos that we’ll enlarge into sepia-toned wall panels showing where we get our food from. I’ll pose with Nora’s […]
Tim Blagg, the editor of the Recorder in Greenfield, MA, wrote a column today that made a whole lot of sense. The subject was the town landfill’s Free Store. This is a place where people can take and leave objects of value, too good to just chuck into the landfill. […]
Today I took the train into the city from Pelham, just like thousands of other commuters, with my friend Tom Bricker. Tom totes a skateboard to make the last mile a little easier. He works at a top-notch ad agency and their office is full of incredibly talented graphic designers, […]
I’m riding the bus again down to NYC. The driver goes right past NY and takes the GW Bridge over to Jersey, then around into the Lincoln tunnel. I guess the extra miles are worth it since traffic is terrible. I ride the bus with a group of immigrants. Up […]
I write this from Bryant Park. Which apparently is the only place in NYC where you can get free WiFi. I am sure there are many more but this was the best and only I could find after much trudging. It’s busy here, people filling up the park, sitting on […]
Today’s WSJ had a story by Amy Chozick that caught my eye. That’s because it was about the new curviness in Japan’s young women. Apparently, the stores and designers there have caught up with the US, and the old style of kimonos that flatten the bosom are being replaced with […]
Today’s a gorgeous day with the resulting smiles on all the faces of people I’ve seen. I took a road trip on a long and winding Route 9 all the way to North Brookfield. I passed sad little towns on the periphery of the world, towns like Ware and Brookfield […]
Today is a big day for a little guy named Nathaniel Javier Cosme. He turns two years old, and this is the day of his big birthday celebration! This little guy has been a light in my life, making me feel so happy to be blessed with his formidable presence. […]
Don’t you love it when you have a great book to read? A book that you look forward to every time you pick it up? I have such a book that came to me from our friends at Motorbooks. They publish a huge catalog full of books on all sorts […]