RELAXATION AND EDUCATION, LEISURE AND LEARNING!

RELAXATION AND EDUCATION, LEISURE AND LEARNING!

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!

2021 – VERY GOOD SO FAR!

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…

2020 Was a Good Year…

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!

Shelter In Place? Not Me!

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,...
NO PHONE, NO TV, NO INTERNET?  NO PROBLEM

NO PHONE, NO TV, NO INTERNET? NO PROBLEM

NO PHONE, NO TV, NO INTERNET? NO PROBLEM OK, I’ll admit it: while our rooms had no phones, our cell phones did work. And while our rooms had no televisions or internet reception, local bars had TVs that allowed us to catch a football game or two, and we could get...