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I love all things French. I don´t know why. To the best of my knowledge I am an offspring of those who had few, if any, encounters with anyone of French ancestry. And,...

The air was filled with the smell of fresh fish as it should be- they were flying high through the air, ice flipping off their fins and onto bystanders watching in awe. As...

Seattle, Washington. The anchor city of the great Pacific Northwest has always been a fantasy favorite of mine. I have admired the hearty, northwestern cuisine- the plank roasted salmon, the grilled halibut, the...

Autumn road trips. The colors turning. The air crisp. The roadside scenery. The struggling mom and pop diners in the middle of nowhere dotting the highway serving roadhouse food that so many have...

I have read several blog posts and articles that mention all the care and attention that CBS is taking to ensure that their new evening anchor, Katie Couric, gets her new job...

I picked up a copy of the magazine called Mental Floss while flying from Houston to Seattle last week. I had not heard of this publication before.  The tag line caught my...

Howard´s been bitten. He has officially garnered enough credentials to join the club. Now this is not to say that the beverage Guru- the inventor of a rendition of every conceivable non-alcoholic drink...

Who Is Susan? Susan Butcher, four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, died Saturday of acute myelogenous leukemia on Saturday. What does this have to do with PR? Not much,...

Channel Your Energy to Focus - Chat with Chris Haddad Today's podcast is with Chris Haddad, marketing word guru and fellow Seattle based blogger and solopreneur (his blog is called The Hard...

Your Goal:  Professional Nirvana Brad wrote a delightful post the other day entitled "My Work is Play to Me."   His theory about how to achieve it is worth reading.  I, too...

Managers gotta be fun! - Chat with Lori Richardson Today's podcast is with Lori Richardson, sales coach extraordinaire and fellow Seattle based blogger and solopreneur (her blog is called Sales Coach and...

Preliminary results released today from Milliman´s 2006 Group Health Insurance Survey indicate the lowest rate increase in seven years. This is the fourth year in a row in which the rate of increase...

The blogging will be very light over the next 8 days because this morning I am heading back to school. I am starting an MFA program at Goddard College out of Vermont...

Craig Lawson woke up and smelled the coffee — in Seattle, that is. During the 14 years he worked for a uniform rental company, Lawson traveled around quite a bit and often found...

Thomson Financial and National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released a Exit Poll survey July 5, indicating venture-backed IPOs inched forward in the second quarter of 2006 and acquisitions remained stable. That said,...

Curious about what you are worth on the open job market? George's Employment Blog offers this like to a site with several salary surveys. Click on the link . Select "Salary &...

I know a lot of my readers have websites and blogs and many are small to medium sized business owners (hint: travel professionals, this is especially for you). I thought I would...

One of the reasons I left the Big Firm world many years ago and took up working with small businesses is that I really like the people — as a rule, they´re hard-working,...

There is nothing like the Web to let one drill down into information on any topic at all. Serving a wider geographic audience, I´m forced to be a generalist when it comes to...