THIS IS THE FACE… In 1986 my then wife and I wanted to go somewhere different, someplace not often visited, discovered, by Americans. We found, and decided on, the Dominican Republic, the north coast, a place called Puerto Plata. It had a resort or two, was well known...
RELAXATION AND EDUCATION, LEISURE AND LEARNING! In early 2021, when the travel agent I had been working with for years arbitrarily cancelled a scheduled group trip I had been promoting to Huatulco, Mexico, it gave me an opportunity to step back, to reflect on what I...
2021 – VERY GOOD SO FAR! As the calendar flipped over and welcomed in 2021, although as I mentioned in my last blog post, 2020 was a good year, I still think I heard a collective sigh of relief. Let’s turn the page, I heard. Thank God 2020 is finally over. So let’s...
2020 Was a Good Year… OK, maybe not a great year, maybe not for everybody and every business, but if the only constant in life is change, then 2020 certainly qualified. As in any year, restaurants opened, restaurants closed. Managers were hired and fired,...
Shelter In Place? Not Me! Before you get ready to blast me for my lack of concern, my insensitivity, relax. I know that the coronavirus is, hopefully was, by the time you read this blog, serious. Different people are handling the crisis differently. Hunkering down,...