USA + TURKEY = LOOPY
As a lifetime restaurateur I see gratuity based employees avoid religion and politics when talking with customers. Mr. Erdal was a brilliant history student working a summer job as a […]
AND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE LAZY
Scientists recently pulled up a astonishing discovery from deep in an Indian Ocean trench west of Australia. It was of Biblical proportions! Like in the Book of Geneses. From the […]
CLIMATE CHANGE- THE GREENLAND PERSPECTIVE
How is that fight going with the flower bed versus the dandelions? We cultivate, water and fertilize the begonias which wilt and die. We poison, cut down or exterminate […]
MY HAIKU-BURGER HABITAT
There’s not much poetry of life to be found in my fast food business. This is a problem that may not keep you awake nights; you probably don’t often think […]
LIVING A YEAR WITH A GEISHA GIRL
Everyone moving to a foreign country should have a Mr. Tanaka. Foreign countries are intimidating as you navigate a foreign language, mysterious food, exotic culture and how to find a […]
IDEAS FROM TRAVEL
YOU GOTTA LOVE THOSE OLD MUSLIMS You can’t stop learning from your travels: Even if it’s uncomfortable. Visiting Turkmenistan we confronted Abu bin Abdul, a ragtag Muslim chauvinist with few good words for Western culture. According to his interpretation of history, “Absent the Muslim and Eastern World, Europe would have […]