Did you ever have a certain spot you visited on vacation where your mind seems to drift from time to time when you return home…. ?  For us that would be a small cafe in Mazatlan, Mexico….The Looney Bean….Nothing special–just a neighborhood coffee-house–a hole-in-the-wall, or actually one in a series of holes-in-the-wall that stretch down a sandy [...]

Heard the old joke….”Have you ever seen Stevie Wonder’s wife?….(Well, neither has he)”….Not really that funny, but it makes me laugh….Funny thing, Humor….If Stevie’s in the room and laughs, it’s all cool….seems like it’s all about not hurting someone else’s feelings–and I like that actually….that’s not a bad thing….That’s why it’s so much fun joking around with [...]

Funny how sometimes a mere “Thank You” is one of the best things to happen to you all year…..I’m serious….You work on something for a client you just met this year….You work hard on it, and things go well, and you’re just hoping you’re going to “click”, and that client will be happy with your [...]

I’ll take “Events that Happen When You Turn 50″ Alex, for $1,000….That’s right–the answer is “Colonoscopy and Senior Basketball”….Fun, fun, fun!  At least the basketball part, anyway….Actually, there is another relationship between the two, as during the colonoscopy, it feels like something the size of a basketball is used in the process….But I digress…. Let’s stick with [...]

One of the best parts of my job is that I get an opportunity now and then to see an entire neighborhood transform itself from overly-mature and obsolete, to brand new and vital once again….This transformation does not happen quickly or easily–it’s the product of many long hours spent planning, creating, presenting to community groups, [...]