A year ago Hershey Chocolate bought Cadbury Chocolate or something like that. The good news is that now Cadbury has better distribution in the US. The bad news is that the two companies are homogeni...Read More
Our very good guide on the walking tour on the Cinque Terre was Alejandro Gullo. He allowed us to call him Alex. Alex is one of ten children and he and his wife have seven of their own. Between hi...Read More
In rural Italy trash is picked up from centralized plastic dumpsters. The good news is that the amount of trash on the streets has decreased dramatically. The bad news is people have to take their t...Read More
The building across from our hotel in Santa Margherita The decorations on this building are not real. They are painted on using a technique that make them look real. The technique goes by the Fren...Read More
This morning we had a Mango for breakfast. It was good but it wasn’t as good as the time we were in Maui in June. The little house we rented was in a mango grove and the ripe fruit were fall...Read More
In 2006 my brother Tom sent me a Roundabouts of Derby calendar. It is the kind of thing I like, off-beat and quirky. I wrote about it at the time on the blog. In December I made a calendar for the...Read More
Recently I found myself wanting a card that said something along the lines of “whoops I screwed up”. Of course I could not find any. I think that someone should make them and sell them...Read More
A few years ago my friend from a long time ago Tina T. moved with her husband Alan G. to Spain. They bought a house near Granada and are now renting rooms and a small apartment to travelers. You c...Read More
In the 1990’s I heard an economist say that “in the future countries will compete based on how well they treat people, ideas and capital.” He made the point that the USA was one of t...Read More
This November California is going to vote on legalizing marijuana. If it passes there will be a gold rush. A Maui Gold Rush. My idea is to act on the assumption that the proposition will pass. ...Read More