Month: August 2009
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Europe 2009: 1, 2, 3 … CANYONING!
In 2004, Michael Fineman (Invest-Banker-turned-Venture-Capitalist) returned from Europe with a story tale of wonder, a tale of intrigue, a tale of adventure … a tale, of Canyoning. I had never heard of this extreme sport before then, but I never forgot it after (probably because our scrolling marquee in the… Read More
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Europe 2009: Rome’s Ultimate Party
Today starts the first of my European Vacation planning posts. Since I will be hard pressed to post blogs about what I am doing while on my travels, I can at least prepare for my trip by telling you what I plan to do – plus it gets me excited for… Read More
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New Song?! New Album?! Hello Bon Jovi!!
Not only did I not know Bon Jovi was working on a new album for this year, but had no clue it is almost done and set to release on November 10th!!! I need to start following a better Bon Jovi twitter account because it wasn’t until today that #backstageJBJ… Read More
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L’Shana Tova from Shalom Neiman!
A friend sent me this e-card and I had to laugh. Happy New Year to all my chosen brethren, and to everyone else … you can celebrate too! Read More
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Ready (f)o(u)r not, here I come
I won’t say I called it 2 weeks ago, but if you didn’t see this coming a mile away, you don’t deserve to be a Purple fan. Of course the case wasn’t closed and we were still expecting something to happen. And of course Brett wouldn’t just decide “eh, i… Read More
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Herzl Camp’s Alumni Weekend is a Success
Hey everyone, if you were unable to make the incredible Alumni Camp at Herzl Camp this past weekend, don’t fret, Alex Locke has recorded the entire weekend’s details. I’ve extrapolated them from his blog and posted below. After reading his post, I am even more upset that I missed it. … Read More
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Free Concert Tickets from Starwood Hotels
Starwood came out with 2 new promotions this week for the business traveler. The first one is that all platinum preferred members get 1 free concert ticket to any show per stay during the month of August. Awesome! I don’t become Platinum until next week (as you can see in… Read More
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Shark Attack!
Its Shark Week on the Discovery channel. Although I can’t really explain the phenomenal success of this television programming, I have to admit that every once in a while I get pulled in as well. There probably isn’t another creature on earth that could have a whole week of TV… Read More
