Washington, DC: 100 years of turning Japanese.
Each year, Washington, D.C.’s National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates the gift of over 3,000 Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of […]
Month: March 2018
105 Things Long-Divorced Yank Lawyers Know.
Paris 1952: Willy Maywald, Mannequin en tailleur quai Saint-Michel. 1. Never swive anyone named Zoe, Brigit or Natasha. 2. Let no one […]
Av. Winston-Churchill, 8th Arrondissement.
A photo from Paris-based A Clear Blue Sky. Winston Churchill in front of the Petit Palais, Av. Winston-Churchill, 8th Arrondissement.
Ray Mungo: Famous Long Ago.
Released in 1970, “Famous Long Ago: My Life and Hard Times with Liberation News Service” is still the funniest and wisest read […]
Irish.
This is a week for The Irish. We drink pretty poorly but write pretty well. The Romans were afraid of us. We’re […]
Happy 96th Birthday Jack Kerouac.
Mad to live. Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac March 12, 1922 ““ October 21, 1969 American Novelist, Poet, Trailblazer.
More on Trumpism?
“The idea was never to elect/not elect/approve/disapprove of Donald Trump as POTUS in the short-term (4 to 8 years). The idea is […]
America Morning Tweet.
America may very well be the last hope for survival of The West. There is still some Speech here. If our culture […]
Mayflower, 1925 Edition.
I like old smaller hotels. But there is nothing quite like The Mayflower on Connecticut & DeSales, NW. The lobby is long […]
Cross-border arbitration rules for international business disputes.
Want something you can use now, GCs, in-house and firm litigation shops? Three years ago, New York City-based CPR (International Institute for […]
“Vas you ever in Zinzinnati?”
Good morning, Buckeyes. Well, to be fair, The Pretenders’ classic “My City Was Gone” (better known by its snarky, ironic refrain “Hey […]
Season 4: “1 Night, 1 Person” for the Winter Homeless.
You say you would really like to help the urban homeless on both cold and super-cold Northeastern and Midwestern nights? Both plain […]
Ah, Zürich.
Mann, Joyce, Jung, Wagner and Einstein each lived here in District 1. Zürich, first established as a Roman customs post, and now […]
Happy 250th, Daniel Hull Sr.
Daniel E. Hull Sr. Born & died in Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia. (March 2, 1768 – January 11, 1854)
Happy 250th, Daniel Hull Sr.
Daniel E. Hull Sr. Born & died in Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia. (March 2, 1768 – January 11, 1854)
P&G’s Big John
Near the end of his career, 2 younger P&G exec friends spotted him leaving work on the down escalator about 4:00 PM […]