Varenna
Quick update today because I’ve got to get up early tomorrow morning for our day trip to Switerland (whoohoo)! I woke up this morning and was greeted with a card and a few presents...
Category: Journal
Lenno, Villa Balbianello, and Villa Melzi
Two major highlights from today’s excursion were Villa Balbianello and Villa Melzi. Villa Balbianello is located near the quiet town of Lenno on Lake Como. In days past, the only way you could access...
Adventures in Tremezzo, Menaggio, and Varenna
We spent our first full day in Italy exploring more of the villages along Lake Como. After eating lunch in Bellagio, we hopped on a passenger ferry boat and went across the lake to...
Pigeon or Internet: What’s Faster?
You may be surprised at the answer. In this case, a carrier pigeon was the undisputed winner in a race to move 4 GB of data between two towns. Unlimited Group, an IT company...
Smiles Predict Success?
Do you smile in pictures? According to recent studies conducted by the University of California, Berkeley and DePauw University, kids with big grins in their school pictures are more likely to have a happy...
Technorati
I’m signing up for Technorati.com, one of the leading blog search engines. Technorati.com indexes millions of blog posts in real time and surfaces them in seconds. It’s a great site for people who want...
Fire the Pool Guy
Let’s face it…we’re in the middle of a recession, and people are searching for ways to cut unnecessary costs. Some are canceling their home phone lines and relying solely on mobile phones. Others are...
Sad State of Affairs
Life is short. Have an affair. Those are the words painted on a truck that has been rolling through Dallas in recent weeks. An online infidelity dating site is embarking on a media tour...
To Race or Not to Race?
That is the question I must face. The annual Richardson Corporate Challenge is underway. It’s an Olympic style competition involving 22 athletic and non-athletic events beginning in August and running through early October. Each...
