Matches used to be an important give away for restaurants. They created name recognition and credibility at a low cost. Then smoking went out of vogue and the need for matches decreased. We have been ...Read More
The title of this entry reminds me of the grammar rule “avoid alliteration always.” Around the country new houses are wrapped in Tyvek before they a finished. Dupont the brands owner has...Read More
It wasn’t many years ago that if you wanted a drink of water in public it was free at a drinking fountain. Now a store will sell you a bottle of water for a $1.00 and most of the fountains are g...Read More
Nurit and I had to fly back to Pasadena on Monday to see Gary D. who is still very ill. The trip meant we had to leave Acequia Madre at 5:45am and wouldn’t be home until midnight and because we ...Read More
Los Alamos was built as a secret town during WWII to develop the atomic bomb. The site was selected because of its remoteness. It is still operating today. Last week we visited with Gene and Missy t...Read More
We are in Santa Fe one of the worlds great art towns and so my mind has turned to thoughts of art. Over the last decade we have bought a lot of art and followed even more artists progress. The two tha...Read More
Two of the biggest problems facing cities are graffiti and illegally parked cars. Here is a combination solution: Why not allow the Graffiti Gangs to paint on illegally parked cars without penalty. Th...Read More
Baseball players spit. It is part of the ritual. They all used to chew tobacco so spitting was a requirement. Now it is part of the tradition and if it doesn’t change it will kill the game. Spit...Read More
We took Rebecca to Roy’s in Philadelphia for dinner on Monday night. We made the reservation through the concierge at our hotel, 1715 Rittenhouse Square. Two very cool things happened. First the...Read More
These two typewriters were donated to the PJTC Library and I’m supposed to figure out what to do with them. I looked up typewriters on Ebay and found that Selectrics sell for about $50.00 plus $...Read More