Harry did his best to squeeze me in for a late afternoon lunch between meetings. Just having arrived from Boston, I was in New York for a board I sit on, as well as present at a conference, and lunch with an old friend sounded delicious. We met next to his new office at Schnipper’s, […]

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 […]

This island/archipelago has an identity crisis in more ways than one. For starters, Germany occupied them during World War One, naming the location Truk, with a long “u” sound. After America conquered it from the Japanese in World War Two, the original name of Chuuk, again with a long “u” sound, went back in place. […]

My trip to Cambodia had a specific purpose that involved little sightseeing: because I am on a tourist visa, every 3 months I must leave China, so this time I chose Phnom Penh as my visa getaway. Why would this trip involve little sightseeing? Because all I wanted was 3 days of relaxation in a […]