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When I first started to put the Dalian site together, there was no team in China. Just me… me and Phoebe. Phoebe was the project manager assigned by the Dalian Software Park team to help us negotiate the task of…
One of my colleagues, Tracy, had been to Nashville a year or so ago and we spent a lot of time together then. She took me shopping on Wednesday night. I wasn’t good company – the jet lag had hit…
I arrived last night. Rod Stewart is playing in the lobby. Yes, in China. And it’s the ‘show tunes’ album he put out a few years back (so no ‘Maggie’ or ‘Gasoline Alley’). I will find over the course of…
For those of you who saw “Up and Away” – the George Clooney movie that earned him an Oscar nomination earlier this year – you know it’s a story of an HR corporate type trying to hit his ten million…
Leaving for Dalian now… then on to Bangalore. Can’t wait to see the teams; I have been away from my friends far too long. The other night in yoga (here @ home), I heard a buzzer/horn sound off in one…
To cap off the end of a perfect weekend, we took a drive around Bangalore after dinner. Traffic had somewhat settled down (as much as traffic ever settles down in Bangalore) and the night air was pleasant. We drove around…
Those of you who know me best know that I really enjoy spring craft fairs (i.e., TACA http://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/NashvilleTN/eventCalendar/TACASpringCraftFairinNashvilleTN.cfm @ Centennial Park) and holiday gift shows (i.e., the extravaganzas at Centennial High School and The Factory in Franklin). Well here in…
The weekend was just absolutely gorgeous – and a joy for shopping! 🙂 Yesterday while out with friends I noticed something my driver had been speaking of – many many of the city’s street walls are being painted with beautiful…
Well, I’m officially behaving like a real local now: I sought the services of an Indian physician and bought meds at an Indian pharmacy! And yes, I lived to tell it. I’ll even look better for the experience! 🙂 So…
… but I’ll take it! In all the times I’ve been here, I have never set foot in the spa until last Tuesday. So this morning I got up and toodled around. I made my way upstairs and found an…
