Tweet So life has been a whirlind of work, business travel and some social travel squeezed in between. I had the wonderful opportunity to stay in the Pump House in Chicago, run in Central Park and next to the Hudson river in NYC, explore Canada, including Cambridge, Toronto and Saskatoon (yes…you read correctly!) and, for a [...]
Read more →
Tweet Another year is past and with this another opportunity to live and learn and experience the world and cultures have also come and gone. It is amazing that time seems to pass by quicker and quicker with each passing year. Life is a fickle bastard, leaving only memories most soon forgotten like a storm come [...]
Read more →
Tweet I can’t believe it, 2011 is almost over. It’s already been a year since I visited South Africa and since then life has taken me on a whirlwind across the globe from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico & Venezuela to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Melbourne, Xi’an. And now I’m back where I originally started, as if the circle has been completed, [...]
Read more →
Tweet The last two months have been a blur of activity and gone by so quickly. I recently moved to Shanghai on a short term engagement and since then my world has changed in every aspect possible. I’m living in a city where English is rare, chicken feet, stinky tofu and intestines are sought after [...]
Read more →
Tweet Milwaukee may be better known as the beer capital of the US yet, as in many cases, such an association is only skin deep. Under this cover various wine lovers exist and share the love for the red grape. It was just recently that some of us fellow Milwaukee wine lovers came together to enjoy a [...]
Read more →
Tweet One of the greatest things of travel is how my perception about everything and everyone seem to change, shift and grow as I experience the way others live and work. It’s the small mannerisms and habits that truly distinguish one nation from another and some of these traditions are so ingrained in cultures that [...]
Read more →
Tweet Over the past week I have spent working and exploring Shanghai. This is my first time back since 2009 and once again I am just amazed with this place. The pulsating city never sleeps and the sheer size and magnitude of everything: the number of people, the gigantic buildings, the traffic, the diversity in [...]
Read more →
Tweet On March 2, 2011 I had the privilege to participate in a food & wine pairing at Kilawat Cuisine in Milwaukee. The event was open to the public (w/ RSVP required) and its purpose was to introduce Milwaukee wine enthusiasts to the diverse world of wines of Rutherford Hill Winery. Five wines from Rutherford Hill were tasted, [...]
Read more →
Tweet South Africa is the first country in the world to produce Pinotage. Many have considered it South Africa’s signature grape and as a result I’ve often been asked what I think of Pinotage and whether it’s a wine that I like to buy. The purpose of this post is to answer these questions and to give [...]
Read more →
Tweet The biggest weekend in years has finally arrived, and just time in Wisconsin. Over the past two weeks I have seen an excitement grow in my city: in the restaurants, the streets, reflected on the TV, at work, and most of all in the people around me, every where. The excitement has grown to [...]
Read more →
