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Morning in Paris

I love to travel for business. There is something totally gratifying about putting every single expense of a trip on a credit card for which you will never see the bill. When I’m on a business trip, I will...

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How to Cook a Steak

In New York City, I worked in the restaurant management biz at Strip House in Greenwich Village, one of the best steakhouses in Manhattan. They do steaks right. Super hot broiler with only salt, pepper and butter on...

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Asia Lite

Our visit to Singapore in January 2011 was at the tail end of our epic, six week Southeast Asia adventure that had stops in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. Compared to the many other countries we...

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My Thoughts After a Finnish Stag Party

“Hey, do you want to come to my stag party? It’s in Finland.” Prior to moving to London as an American expat, I could never imagine such a question heading my way. Totally unlikely. Yet, here I find...

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Hello World, Once Again

You know that saying that you should dress for the job you want, rather than the job you have? We take it to heart and have a closet full of elegant clothes to prove it.  But in the 18 months we’ve been running...

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My Wandering Path Towards UK Employment: Part III

If you want to catch up, here is part I and part II. My first days at Neal’s Yard Dairy were great.  I got to a meet a whole new crew of co-workers and learn about a business that I had little knowledge of. I...