Found My Beret
Wasn’t looking, but I found my beret in Paris (but of course…) What better place to buy a beret? Where’s my hat? What’s my hurry? Today it was a bit of hurry up and wait… First when we missed mass Read More …
Month: May 2015
Tired In Any Language
Children, and adults, being tired, in any language, sounds the same. After a long day of walking, out of routine, not eating normal meals, at the regular time, not drinking enough water nor sleeping in our own beds can make Read More …
Pizza Friday
I guess it rings true that pizza Friday is universal… The Brazilian guy on the tour bus said that Pizza Pino was fantastique… (Yes, a tour bus – we only have 3 days and ranging from 10 to 86 we Read More …
How Old
Things can be old….and then they can be OLD. How old something or someone is, is completely relative. How old is this cheese? (Aged for four months.) How old is this car? (14 years…but it runs and passes inspection every Read More …
Slow No Slower
I’ve written about communications before… These are about how signs can be so amusing. Especially like the one that reads SLOW No SLOWER Well, it reads SLOW and then a few meters up the road, SLOWER. No explanation point needed. Read More …
Tourist Traps
Who learned from who when designing tourist traps? You know, the gift shop at the end of the ride or the tour through the haunted mansion, or even the “not haunted” castle…consider, too the overpriced snacks you MUST have – Read More …
Left Of Center
Certain phrases become something else entirely in context. Left of center, can mean so many things. A political position, a memory deep back in your head of a Suzanne Vega song or a comment you make to yourself as you Read More …
Go Back
Can you actually go back to a place you have never been? If you consider a brand, that has multiple locations, and they all look the same no matter what city or town, then yes. But… that is not exactly Read More …
From 1 to 100
From 1 to 100 dollars and much (much) higher than that… From basic, inexpensive flip flops to fitted shoes at a specialty shoe store – they make us happy. Most women love shoes. Many men probably do, too. There are Read More …
Promote You
When you run your own show, you can always promote you, your successes and shout it out to the world – you just have to do it. Walgreens supported the very first “Red Nose Day” on Thursday May 21 – Read More …