Last week my wife and I had the opportunity to, for the first time in our young son’s life, spend the night without him. It was with an awful lot of mixed emotion that we even got to this day, but it was an important step in our family’s ongoing development. Our nine month old...
My wife will have to be very careful about how she answers questions about her most recent trip to one of the seven wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon. I had been several years ago and was so utterly excited to share with her the magnanimous sight that it is. But after hours at...
As a board member for the Society of Government Meeting Professionals, I’m proud to publicize a cognizant and deliberate change to the mission of our organization this year. The mission is now to enhance and promote the expertise of government meeting professionals. This varies only slightly from our previous mission, adding the very important word...
It’s a brand that’s hard not to love, particularly if you’re a value seeker or if you need a little extra space in your travels. Both priorities were critical to my most recent trip to Washington, DC as I would be staying for four nights, longer than my average stint, would be traveling with my...
About two years ago it dawned on me that pigeon holing my business into one that serves only the federal customer could surely put me in a precarious position. So I began the arduous task of diversifying my portfolio, something that cannot be done very quickly. Some two years later I’m pleased to report that...
It’s uncanny in the most tragic way that historically and without fail, my business travel in the winter time intersects almost exactly with the weather forecasters shouting that a storm is coming. My business travel is not optional, for the most part, however a lot of it can be scheduled around my personal calendar. That...
Just as we had been betting before Eli was born as to when he would arrive, for many weeks we have been watching carefully Eli’s development at “tummy time” and taking bets as to when he’d be able to coordinate himself into a crawl. For weeks leading up to it Eli could get himself into...
I wasn’t sure how or when it would happen. That moment when you realize that nothing else matters. Nothing is close to as important. The big things are now small things. And my one small thing is the biggest thing by far. I’m a dad. It’s my only job. The only job where no matter...
Everyone knows the Omni Shoreham. The Shoreham has been a Washington, DC staple since 1930 and, as their website will tell you, has played host to presidents, world leaders, and inaugural balls. There might not be more prestigious or famous spirits walking the halls of this grand historic hotel. Because of its location in Woodley...
We’re moving. I assure you that’s an accurate statement. The when and the where have yet to be figured out at this time, but moving we are. Right now we living on Long Island which has a number of merits but for me, it only has one. It’s close to family. It otherwise has no...
