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Tuesday, July 05, 2016

Oh, for the days of a good old private cublcle

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A couple of weeks ago, I went to a mini-reunion of some marketing colleagues from my Genuity days. A few days before we got together, there ...
Monday, July 04, 2016

Here’s to a Sparkling Fourth

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One of the great Fourth of July pleasures of my childhood was running around in the backyard (ours or that of my grandmother, at her lake ho...
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Friday, July 01, 2016

Go, Iceland! Gangi þér vel.

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One of the things I most enjoy about sports is it’s so wonderfully distracting – and this is shaping up to be a year when the distraction is...
Thursday, June 30, 2016

Forget the Citgo Sign. Bring back White Fuel!

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Anyone who’s spent any time in Boston, and/or just idled away 9 innings at Fenway Park, is familiar with the iconic Citgo sign the presides ...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Pop goes the Fourth of July?

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I am less than a 5 minute walk from the Hatch Shell, where the annual Boston Pops Fourth of July spectacular – concert, 1812 Overture , fire...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Going once, gong twice

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A few years ago, I found myself intrigued* by the auctions that sold off the ill gotten personal property of Bernie and Ruthie Madoff. The M...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Guns a-blazin’

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It was hard to put my finger on what was the most disheartening thing I heard or read last week. If could, of course, have been pretty much ...
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Friday, June 24, 2016

Just in time for Friday: fish sticks

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One of our regular fish-on-Friday dinners growing up was fish sticks. The other regulars included pan-fried haddock, corn chowder, and cream...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

The Forbes Under 30 Summit: coming soon, to a City Hall Plaza near you (me, that is)

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Last year’s Boston event brouhaha was around the blessedly aborted bid for the 2020 Olympics. Although I knew it would have been a major clu...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Monkey business

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What’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys? Actually, there are a ton of things more fun than a barrel of monkey. After all, a barrel of mo...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Coloring between the lines? Not very creative of you, I’m afraid.

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I haven’t picked up one for myself yet, but I know a number of folks who are coloring in adult coloring books. They find it relaxing, and th...
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Monday, June 20, 2016

Reassessing risk, Disney edition.

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Disney didn’t get to be an empire with a $169 B market cap without being smart and savvy. They’re obviously brilliant marketers, and canny m...
Friday, June 17, 2016

The end of an era

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When we moved into our condo, 25 years ago, there was an “old timer” living in the building. He’d been there forever, – since the 1950’s  – ...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

Oh, for the days of Bread and Circus

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Way back in the day, if you wanted brown rice or (for some unfathomable reason) kale, there was only one place to get it around here, and th...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

“The World’s Best Restaurant”? What can this possibly mean?

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Well, just in case you’ve been holding your breath – or holding out on making a reservation for your next dining experience – Osteria France...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

The Hub of the Universe

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On Friday, the day that The Greatest was buried in Louisville, a front page headline on bostonglobe.com read Muhammad Ali to be buried in Bo...