“What a neat area,” I remember thinking as I ventured from Japantown to where I was meeting a friend for lunch. The street was littered with little clothing stores and cafes offering selections from venues I was not accustomed to seeing . San Francisco is cool! We walked into The Grove, a popular spot that […]

You would not believe the story that landed me on Waikiki Beach. It started in Boston, had a brief stop in Auckland (New Zealand), a gorgeous 36 hours in San Francisco, and a direct flight to Honolulu where Rachel would be arriving later tonight from a business trip to Australia. That story will have to […]

The first time I went to Towne for lunch I just couldn’t bring myself to order the smoked salmon club sandwich. It looked… interesting, that’s for sure, but having been accustomed to eating great smoked salmon plain (well, maybe with a bagel and cream cheese) I was confused why it would come in a club […]

There was no room service menu in my hotel room. I started the day at 5am, switched hotels, was interviewed on stage at a conference, had several more meetings, attended a reception for networking and literally ate 2 croissants the whole day; I was dead tired when I arrived to my hotel room at the […]