Opera debuts in Berlin

Posted by on Oct 20, 2011 in Uncategorized | No Comments

Opera debuts in Berlin Last Sunday night was my wife Katie’s first performance at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in Der Rosenkavalier. It also happened to be the debut night for another of the American singers, Matthew Pena, who has become a good friend of ours since arriving in Germany. These two debuts, like any performance in Read More »

Died and Went to Hudson

Posted by on Oct 13, 2011 in Uncategorized | No Comments

Died and Went to Hudson Ok, I guess I’m easy… but give me a town that’s just “off” enough that it doesn’t attract every Tom, Dick and hairy, black-socked tourist … That has no Starbucks, no chain restaurant… no chain anything, and no souvenir-hocking vendors. — Fill it with artists, eccentrics, washed-up rock stars, “townies” Read More »

In-site-ful

Posted by on Oct 6, 2011 in Uncategorized | No Comments

In-site-ful A friend of mine from college has left 20+ years of corporate life with a subsidiary of Tribune Company and started her own already-successful business (Acacia Insights) … consulting, planning, organizing, and motivating individuals, teams, and corporate clients to be effective in their work. She blew through our office last week to review the Read More »

It’s Berlin, to me

Posted by on Sep 29, 2011 in Uncategorized | No Comments

It’s Berlin, to me On the surface, much of Berlin seems the same to me as New York City. There are various neighborhoods from trendy and hip, to calm and quiet, and of course the insanely busy tourist areas. (Although nothing I have experienced comes even close to Times Square.) The fashion seems relatively similar, but Read More »

Don’t Laugh

Posted by on Sep 22, 2011 in Uncategorized | No Comments

I love to laugh. In fact, it’s probably among my top five favorite things to do. And I really appreciate a good joke. But, when I stopped to think about the last time I heard one, I realized it’s been a while. SO…. I asked the staff at KRD to make me laugh. They immediately Read More »