Today I took some wise advice from my sister Jenny. I wrote out cards to all of my employees and told them why I value them, and added some crisp bills to make it really feel good. You wanna know how to get into the Christmas spirit? Write cards and […]
We are sitting in Copenhagen’s airport with our flight delayed two hours. No announcement told us, we just learned this by overhearing another passenger, then seeing it for ourselves on the board. Thanks a lot! I always like to watch the planes come and go and see what the workers […]
Random thoughts on Sweden: One cool thing I saw here were heated sidewalks, that eliminate the need for snow shoveling. And when we went into the cafes (there are almost 700 in Goteborg), no one was working on laptops except us. Our friend Bo told us that people never bring […]
We’re bunking down in the room called Christina in the Thorskogs Slott Castle outside of Goteborg. This was once a family residence, now it has 30 rooms for lucky travelers to sleep in. No TV, but WiFi and elegant canopy beds and clawfoot bathtubs. Tonight we enjoyed the Swedish Christmas […]
Last night we had dinner in the home of a Swedish couple named Elin and Andreas. We took a taxi far out into the suburbs, (the driver didn’t know how to get there) and as the meter ticked and ticked, we finally popped out of the cab $44 lighter but […]
We arrived in Gothenberg Sweden today, pretty jetlagged and happy to dive into our soft down beds at the Elite Hotel in the center of this seaside city. On the plane I was briefly thrilled to be able to get on the Internet using the soon-to-be-discontinued Connextion service by Boeing. […]
Today I am up early thinking about what I need to do before we fly tonight. We are going to Sweden for a week’s trip, visiting the city of Goteborg on the Western coast. I have not thought that much about this destination, letting the place just sneak up on […]
WOW the Boston Globe included a half-page article about the cafe in their Sunday Travel section. Featured in the photo prominently is Elizabeth Bagley, our barista who just returned from Amsterdam, where she traveled to write a story for the website. Diane Daniels had written about me before, during Kate’s […]
Last night we ventured into uncharted waters, we joined more than 700 other folks who filled up the Barre VT Auditorium to hear a concert by David Phelps. The band was tight, there was a fiddle, keyboards, guitar, bass and a big drum set, and the music was all about […]