Well, that was my ticket number at the Einstein Bros. bagel shop at Reagan National Airport.
Clearly, I have the 4-1-1
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Psyched to be on the road again
After a soul-sucking week at day job, I’m happy to be out and about again. I’ve been working my ass off for the past month and a half, and I need a break. To make matters worse, I was starting to get the travel itch again, so I needed to scratch it with a short gig like DC before it becomes needss a big solution (like Spain or Italy).
I like DC. It’s a great destination for a fast weekend trip. The flight was only 37 minutes long (if you don’t count the hour on the runway at LaGuardia). Can’t beat this shit.
New Travel Stories on Wandering Blogger
Check out my travel blog, Wandering Blogger, for a few new stories on my trip to Washington, D.C. … still in progress. I’ve only been on the ground for 12 hours, and I’m already having adventures! In fact, I’ve already been attacked by a cougar!!!
Hilarious YouTube Effort
I saw this posted on Gawker, a video (with live people) recreating the opening to The Simpsons. It was done well and really recreates what we’ve only seen in animation.
Julio Aguilera in Saatchi Gallery Art Magazine
Learn about New York artist Julio Aguilera’s latest project, a sculpture of Prometheus, in the Saatchi art gallery’s online magazine. The bronze sculpture, modeled on the God of Fire cigar label, will be featured at a charity auction to be held at the Grand Havana Room on October 15th. This could prove to be the cigar event of the year.
The future of private equity
After having taken a break from recreational financial writing, I’m finally back in action on Digital Journal. Using the latest data from Private Equity Intelligence, Ltd, I have written about private equity inflow trends and the differences in how North Americans and Europeans invest in China.
[From Wandering Blogger] People who bother me
I hate it when people see that you’re trying to take a picture and linger. So, I made this asshole part of it. Fuck him.
Aside from this prick, I had a great time at the Museum of Modern Art over the weekend, and I recommend the Dali exhibition highly. The mix of sketches, paintings and video came together perfectly.
If you haven’t seen his Destino film, check out the video below. It isn’t nearly as wild as the projection in MoMA, but at least you’ll get a feel for this masterpiece.
And I thought Putin was out of a job …
So, is it Putin’s iron fist at work or the czar of stabilization to the rescue? It depends who you ask, I guess.
However you stack it up, nobody beats the Insider’s headline: Stock Market Misunderestimating Russia-Georgia Threat. Henry Blodget, great use of Bush-swiping language!
JetBlue Gets No Rest from My Ire
For the past few days, a handfulof people have found the Migrant Blogger through variations of “i hate jet blue”. It’s a popular search term for finding this site. Today’s, though, are better than usual. Two people actually used “i fucking hate jet blue” to find the Migrant Blogger.
Well, my hate-on for JetBlue is endless, so I hope this post encourages more angry searches– and ultimately leads to boycotts! If you still need convincing, take a look at my coverage of JetBlue from last June.
A Requiem for Gridskipper
Gridskipper used to be a kickass travel blog. But, the guys at Gawker wanted to “rationalize” its portflio of blogs, and Gridskipper’s performance wasn’t enough to keep it in the family. It’s a damned shame. Now that Gridskipper is part of the Curbed family, there aren’t as many updates. Most of the content consists of links to other stories; there isn’t much original content to go with it. So, the cut the best part of Gridskipper.
Maybe someday they’ll link to a few more of my articles. They had a link to a piece I wrote for Cigar Report on De La Concha’s cigar dinners, but it got lost in the conversion from Gawker to Curbed, much to my chagrin. But, such is life. Fuck ’em.
