Finance, Food, Fitness
These comments were written for my TA, so they are very focused on the service side of the the hotels and cruise. This is probably not of general interest.
The short version via pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/mpquinn/Asia2010
The narrative version:
4/7 – 4/8 Dallas to Singapore
4/9 – 4/10 Singapore
4/10 From the Ritz Carlton to the Seabourn [...]
I didn’t plan any breakfast places ahead of time, because I usually only need some coffee when on vacation and I am good to go. Well with LALA time and in room instant coffee combined, I as quite grumpy by the time people started moving, so I hopped online and found someplace that served [...]
Baby Mop from Chris Milk on Vimeo.
My fastest 200 free time is a 1:50.0x when I was a Jr. in high school. I have decided to try and beat my best time, now that I am old and fat.
After discussing this goal online in a Masters swimming forum, I need to make a few changes to accomplish my [...]
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/15598/10_things_you_wont_see_after_the_recession.html
This article has some solid ideas when you think about them in an investing light. I don’t agree that the internet is the driving force for many of these changes, but I agree that most of the items listed are going to happen.
One of the major items on the list that I don’t really [...]
“There’s too much retail in the U.S.” – Bruce Berkowitz, The Fairholme Fund
The interview is about value investing and the economic meltdown, not about retail, but that one side comment really caught me. We really do have too much retail in the US.
Lets start with cars. Off the top of my [...]
We decided between Austin or San Francisco for this vacation, and two things tipped the balance towards Austin, even though we had a ton more to do in SF.
First, we have considered moving to Austin one day, and I have never spent more then two days there. I am interested in moving downtown, and [...]
This is going to be short compared to my typical restaurant reviews. I believe each of these is famous in their own mind, and some of the fame might have escaped into the general population. Seriously, I would never have found most of these places if my wife didn’t go to college in [...]
Our Austin trip had several silly aspects.
We stayed downtown, but never did anything downtown
We went to experience “Austin” but stayed in a Four Seasons
We had a ton of fun at the swim meet, but only went one night. It was going on half the time we were there.
Everything except the hotel still [...]
We stayed at the Four Seasons Austin, and I was under impressed.
First, let me say that I, in Zagat, pulled up Four Seasons Austin and Hotel Adolphus in Dallas, which I meant to compare it too, to make sure it was considered a fair comparison. Zagat does not rank either hotel, so [...]
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