We've all said it (all may be a little strong), when we were younger there weren't this many children with peanut allergies. Think about how many pb&j sandwiches were pulled out of lunch bags when we could barely reach a table! Does recent…

That title will surely bring flogging from some of my blogging friends, to recommend paying for a print edition of a newspaper. Have I totally lost it? What a difference a week makes. Last week we were commenting on the Girl Scouts strong arm reaction …

This week I took the leap to expand my camera bag (read about my choice of the D90 here). We’re looking at doing some travel this summer, and I wanted to add some perspective changes. I’ve also found that the factory 18-200mm just doesn’t get up close …

Below is a writeup I did showing the benefits of having a live music event every Friday downtown. The feedback has been positive, but I’m not sure if that’s a positive I’ll take this up and push it forward, or that sounds nice type positive. Read away,…

I was in Tucson Arizona this past week, and one night on the way back to the hotel I was getting a little hungry. I don’t know exactly why I tried this, but it definitely worked in my favor. I flipped out my Blackberry Storm, brought up Google Maps. It…

Just finished a week of business travel, with one of the worst rental cars I’ve ever gotten. No big surprise here, it’s a GM vehicle. Now it’s not all GM’s fault, but then in this world of blame it never is right? I chose to take the cheapest compac…

For those of you that know me, my morning ritual is to grab the paper on the way out to catch the train to DC. Last week, an article in the business section caught my attention after having some conversation with other business owners the week before.T…

I was doing an update to the blogs last night and noticed that my first article was just over a year ago. Has it really been a year already? Since then, there have been more than 290 articles. Wow, I'm even surprised that there was an average of m…

The Fredericksburg area Friends Of the Rappahannock has posted their 2009 calendar of events. Please visit their website for full details. Their descriptions have backup dates and more information on contacts.Here are the highlights of activities:Mar…

Sources that wish to remain confidential pointed out a major “business fail” this past week. During an all-hands meeting for Access Eye Centers here in Fredericksburg, the top manager (the one who is now lives with the boss after the boss got a divorce…