The first part of my life had felt like the last scene in La Dolce Vita, where Mastroianni is on a beach, and a little boy is talking to him, and he can’t hear a single word.  I had been living in my art, that was certain, but never could enter into the things of [...]

This was a morning that Singapore would remember.  Cities have memories, they have to.  There is no way that all that pavement, metal, wood and dirt can all work as one constantly shifting organism without their being some kind of sense of identity that develops.  Singapore’s identity is very large, and vast, to be sure, [...]

Teamwork is one of the elements of business operation that will be a deciding factor on which companies survive the recession and which ones will not. There are many factors of course, but teamwork fosters a feeling of collaboration within a company. It creates a pleasant work environment along with the knowledge that each employee [...]

It is easy to say that you are going to make a budget and stick to it, but it is hard to do in practice. This will not protect you from an emergency, but it will keep your daily spending in check. If you make an unrealistic budget for example, you will spend too much [...]

One thing that is inarguable about the city of Philadelphia is the amount of passion that is contained, and sometimes not contained in its sports fans. Sports are a significant part of social orientation in this city as they are for major cities across the nation and it’s interesting to consider the culture of a [...]

This was the moment that I had been waiting for.  Not for all of my life, hold on, I don’t wait that long for anything.  Whenever I end up waiting for too long, I usually start to go ahead an enact the situation I’m waiting for in my head.  If that goes on and I [...]

We arrived in Austin just in time for lunch, and we knew just where we wanted to go, to a south Austin trailer park and eatery. It was told to us by a couple we sat next to on the plane that there’s a restaurant there that serve amazing tacos, the place is called Torchy’s. [...]

You have found a great room at one of the luxury San Antonio Texas hotels on this site and you are looking for the sights you want to visit while you are there. The Riverwalk is a fantastic experience and it does take you to some of the main attractions in the area. One of [...]

New York is like anywhere else on earth, except that it’s all of the anywhere else’s all at the same time, and they’re all stacked on top of each other.  It’s a magnificent place to go to try to figure things out, because once you’re there, that silly quest gets lost in order to survive [...]

Chicago is one of the current musical offerings on the New York Broadway stage. It is playing at the Ambassador Theatre on West 49th Street as it continues its incredible revival run that began in 1996. It is currently the sixth longest running Broadway show in history. It is by far one of the most [...]

A good friend of mine reviews plays for the weekly paper Phoenix NewTimes.  She has taken me to many shows over the years, great theater in the Valley of the Sun, found in sometimes strange places.  For me, dinner shows are always a bit unnerving for more often than not, the whole premise is that [...]