Visiting a customer in St. Petersburg on a very hot day, I wrapped up the meeting and headed to lunch. Nearby was one my all time favorite (ATF) joints, Taco Bell. Now Taco Bell has engaged in a pretty significant recapitalization of their stores – they have a great new look, an easy to read menu, and […]
Read More »Recently while scanning social media, as us millennials tend to do, I saw a friend’s post about an upcoming craft beer event. Being a bit of a beer geek myself, I checked it out and it seemed cool! The event would feature two fermentationally-minded experts from breweries that I enjoy, nerding out about the chemical […]
Read More »According to data from 2017, our planet has over 55,000 museums in 202 countries. Their subject matter and must-see status range widely, from the Louvre and Guggenheim on one end and, say, the Ramen Museum and Lee’s Legendary Marbles on the other. While not all museums represent must-have, life-altering experiences, there are still too many […]
Read More »We live in an age where the internet, now 30 years old (Happy 30th, internet! Welcome to the age where body aches pop up for no reason!), has become more pervasive than ever; Where tweets travel faster than earthquakes and more content is created and shared every minute (or even every second) than could be […]
Read More »Does anyone remember the McDonald’s Disney Masterpiece Collection Trivia Challenge? If you recall Ronny McD’s other peel off and win games like “Monopoly” or “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”, it was causing mass hysteria around the same time. The concept was simple: swing by your local fast food joint, pick up a burger and […]
Read More »Newsflash that’s not really a newsflash: Museums are amazing. And in some cases, museums can literally save the day, both for their patrons and even for total strangers. To illustrate this point, in a few moments we’ll look at eight times a museum was the exact hero we needed. Full disclosure: the title of this […]
Read More »In spring of 2018, in the ancient streets of Bruges Belgium (incredible city, btw. If it’s not on your must-visit list, it should be), my wife and I were strolling the canal-laiden landscape as we gathered our bearings on the first of our two-day stay. This small city is infinitely walkable, which is super helpful […]
Read More »Let’s say you are waiting to pick up your beverage at a local coffee shop. After checking your email for the 12th time in the last 30 seconds, your gaze moves past your phone and you notice a watch the person next to you is wearing. And it is AWESOME. It’s like the coolest watch […]
Read More »When I was 16 I got my first job selling concessions at my small town ice hockey arena. While I know that sounds glamorous, it was not. To this day I still cannot handle the taste or smell of that yellow sludge masquerading as “nacho cheese” in arenas across the country. Although, thinking about it […]
Read More »Before we start this post, I’m going to make two assumptions: As a reader of this blog, chances are you belong to, or have family and/or friends who belong to the two youngest living generations: Millennials and Generation Z And, as a consumer of fine internet content (again, I know this because you’re reading this […]
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