September 16, 2011 · 3:45 pm
Finally Friday, and that means something food-related. This week, you might have passed over the article on NYC’s Monkey Bar in the NY Times. You can read it if you click through here. In any event, it provided a pretty good business lesson for today’s screed.
This joint has been around for 75 years. Luminaries such as Tennessee Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Helen Hayes and others helped to build its reputation. It was taken over in 2009 by an ownership group that was focused on glitz and exclusivity and were quite successful taking that route. For a time. Now, not so much. Continue reading →
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September 11, 2011 · 8:42 pm
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Today, this isn’t about business. If you want to skip it and come back in a couple of days, I understand. See you Tuesday.
I’m publishing this on 9/11, 10 years after a horrible day changed the world forever. I’ve spent a good part of the day thinking about the subsequent decade and how it was so very different from the 4 others in which I’ve lived that preceded it and I want to use today to share some of those thoughts. I also know we don’t do politics here – I think today we will, although hopefully in a non-partisan way. So here are a few things I remember most about 9/11/01. Continue reading →
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September 9, 2011 · 10:14 am
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There is a BBQ place here in town that gets very good reviews in a number of places and I’d like to use it as a jumping off point this Foodie Friday. I’ve been there a couple of times and don’t like it. In fact, I brought a buddy of mine who knows about things smokey and delicious to eat there and he didn’t care for it either. When asked my opinion about it, I usually recommend two other nearby places that I think are way better.
Is this place a failure? Of course not. And that’s a good reminder to us all. Continue reading →
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