Archive for March, 2006


Wrong Number

Over the last few weeks I’ve been getting a number of calls to my cell phone asking for "Shoe City".  Not being a shoe retailer I usually tell them they’ve got the wrong number.  I got a couple calls in a row yesterday so I decided to track down this "Shoe City."  Yeah – so [...]

More Movies

So my weekends have pretty much turned into watching movies.  Reminds me of the old days when we’d be down at Newcott’s house watching whatever random movie he’d picked out (Slacker, Kicking and Screaming, Crumb to name a few), or over at the Pomponi’s watching Goodfellas, Star Wars IV,V or VI or any of the [...]

Pile of Cash

A while ago at dinner my dad told me a funny story.  Funny because it gave me a window into his world. 
A couple years ago before the annual company management meeting his boss came to him with an odd request:  go get $100,000 in cash from the bank the next morning and bring it [...]

Corporate Weekend

Since Carin was having her bridal shower this weekend I thought it was a good weekend to watch movies and catch up on Tivo.  I started out with Ultraviolet which was a good waste of two hours.  I moved on to something a little heavier; Enron – The Smartest Guys in the Room and The Corporation.  Actually [...]

More Winter

Last night I ate at Allegria tonight I went to Hot Olives.  Both times it was just me and a book.  Ah the joys of business travel.  There was hardly anyone at Allegria there so I got my pick of tables outside on the quiet street.  I spent my meal half reading my book and half [...]