<h2>Although maybe major corporations should steer clear</h2> As I troll around in search various news items from this source or that, I often come across funny tidbits about the workings of Corporate America. This one came to me regarding Barrior Mobile, owned by Lagardere Active North A...
<h2>A true Hoboken landmark seriously damaged</h2> I woke up just before 5:00 AM to that distinct smell of an electrical fire and burning wood. Moments later I heard the sirens and the commotion. Later in the morning I found out that the fire started in the second floor apartment over Hel...
<h2>Coincidence and curiosity on a night of music and food</h2> I got a text message last night from my friend Helen saying to meet her at the Port Authority by 10:15. Arriving a little early, I stopped by McCann’s for a couple of drinks. I sat and listened to conversations about run-ins ...
<h2>Discovering a new bar and reconnecting with a friend</h2> It was a few minutes past 6:00 and I was walking to meet my friend Aileen Quinn (who you may know as Little Orphan Annie from the movie 'Annie'). A couple of thoughts were passing thru my weary brain along the way. First was ho...
But the conversation continued as the New Jersey smoking ban went into effect...
<h2>I think I know what I'm talking about ... until I talk to these guys!</h2> Last night I was at Harmony View to once again celebrate the departure of yet another Hachette employee. She had fallen victim to the same mismanagement that is contributing to the ongoing gutting of web busine...
I had never heard of Tartan Day before this......
We started at The House of Brews & ended up at Johnny Rockets...
<h2>German food and bar hopping in Hoboken</h2> We started our night with a little red wine. Lisa made fun the small juice glasses I always use for serving wine. I have proper stemmed ones but I'm haunted by this nagging fear of them falling over. Having been around several clumsy people ...
<h2>It's about more than the green beer and corned beef</h2> I know that this will fall upon the ears of my fellow Irish Americans as sacrilege, but I have never really been a fan of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations. The hordes of amateur fake Irish with painted faces drinking green bee...
<h2>Getting it thru my head, I simply can't deal with Corporate America</h2> By Tuesday morning they asked, "If we pay you thru Friday, would you mind leaving today?" Yeah, that really took some thought on my part. Here's a bit of my sorted history......
<h2>A night with friends, saying goodbye to hell</h2> When I was planning my finale happy hour, I had no idea Hachette would actually ask me to leave on Tuesday instead of working thru the end of the week. I had already planned on Thursday being the date of what I began to call my emancip...
<h2>I know it sounds like a contradiction but it worked for me</h2> Being laid up with a fever may not be the best way to think thru life's problems but it was just the forced vacation I needed. The time allowed me to do nothing but think. And though I still have not made that final decis...
Trying to write on a moving bus last night would have been hard enough without the alcoholic frivolity. So deciphering my notes today is proving to be a bit of a challenge. First I have to say how annoying the woman behind me on the bus was. She was taping on a water bottle, then the windo...
