Today marks my 30th anniversary as a Washingtonian.  I moved to DC on this date, 1 July, in 1978. 

My early years were spent in Dayton, Ohio.  For school and early jobs I lived in Des Moines, IA, and South Bend, IN.  My Midwestern roots are strong.

When I moved to DC, I had no idea that it was a place where the residents had taxation without representation.   In those first months, I met and got

I flew from SEA to IAD on Friday afternoon.  Fortunately, my flight was on time - and even arrived a few minutes early.

The day before, clients on flights from SEA to IAD were delayed on different flights  from one to 2.5 hours.

Delayed flights and cancelled flights contribute to the nightmare of travel.  More, airports and TSA do not seem ready to handle the huge numbers of people flying this

I'm not.

The other day, I said to Joel (my spouse) that before email, I really DID take the weekends off.  When I first started my company in '81 with an IBM Selectric typewriter and an answering machine, I might have done some small tasks on weekends but not like now.

Email is often checked before I even shower on weekends. And there are the many sites (like this one) I also check to see what's

There is a wonderful web site for books and posters for children and their parents, guardians and teachers from which I often purchase books for children in my life. I also love their character building series - useful with people of all ages.

This series asks the question "what do you stand for" and proceeds to guide parents and teachers and adult friends of children to help the children learn

For years, I've wondered when our industry would take note of the risk management issues inherent in all we do.  Food safety, something most think little about (until they get a dose of food poisoning), is rarely discussed among industry colleagues. 

When first confronted with our RFP where it asks about food safety and inspections of kitchens, many properties ask if we are serious.

Uh huh.