by Minter Dial | Dec 11, 2007 | Marketing, Travel
Got turned on to this Virgin America safety announcement (below) via Rohit Bhargava’s Influential Marketing Blog in his post humouristically entitled: the 12 important things he himself learned reading his own blog. The title is deceiving as Rohit invited 12...
by Minter Dial | Dec 9, 2007 | Sports, Travel
As I prepare a post for my impressions of Hanoi, Vietnam, I would like to isolate a great moment of serendipity–aka “oh boy, is this world small!”–that occurred on my first day of my trip. On any business trip, I always look to get in some...
by Minter Dial | Dec 8, 2007 | Travel
After visiting the Salon du Cheval (Horse Expo) at the Paris Expo center (Porte de Versailles), Alexandra (my daughter) and I walked in the pouring rain back to our car. On the way, a car with Belgian plates stopped to let us walk across the street. We continued on...
by Minter Dial | Nov 29, 2007 | Travel
Okay, I admit that, since a newspaper is transportable, I will often read it a day or three later. Proof, this morning I discovered that King Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered “on this day in history” the 26th November 1922 by Howard Carter. My...
by Minter Dial | Nov 21, 2007 | Travel
My wife and I just spent a most memorable week in Egypt, on the famed Nile. Thanks to my mother who hoofed it over from the States to watch over our children, we were afforded a romantic getaway. The visit, organized through Club Med (CM), was part hotel, part cruise....
by Minter Dial | Nov 3, 2007 | Environment, Travel
How can a beautiful Paris keep its soul? This is basically the question posed in this great article in The Guardian: “Battle for the Soul of a City” by Andrew Hussey. Turned onto this article by Notes from Paris (thanks F), I was delighted by the open and...
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