Have you ever been asked where you have been? Who have you met? What did you learn? Why did you go? No… time to get a life. Yes… Good you have a life. Over the last two weeks I’ve been out of the office quite a bit and my staff were beginning to wonder if I […]
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Atlanta 11-13 April 2008 This weekend saw us visit the great city of Atlanta as we attended the Vacation Home Expo. The organisers haven’t given us the exact attendance figures as yet but we had a rip roaring time and met some great people. The show was presented by Atlanta Journal – Constituation and is […]
Continue reading …So SeaWorld and Busch Gardens are expanding eastward — to Dubai. Dubai intrigues me, I haven’t been there yet but several people I know have and all of them love it. This news, released yesterday by the Anheuser-Busch Companies and Nakheel, a major Dubai real estate developer, is sure to send shockwaves around Central Florida, San […]
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February 23, 2008 Comments Off on Mercantile Commercial Credit scores for charityOn yesterday’s blog I promised to tell you more about a party I went to before the Rascal Flatts concert… it was a blast! Even the President came… And then we had a few other celebs that MCC dug up from the past ! Over 400 people attended the event and the real winner was […]
Continue reading …Last night I was dragged to a Rascal Flatts concert in Orlando by my wife and daughters and not being much of a fan I really wasn’t looking forward to it. But, life is sent to try us and we have to battle on… sometimes when you do things you don’t want to, it works […]
Continue reading …Once in a while it’s nice to be treated isn’t it? Well, today was one of those days… we got to take a sneak preview of Aquatica! Yes, SeaWorld’s new water park…. and it’s grrrrreeeeaaaatttttt! Once you set foot into Aquatica, you immediately experience the vastness of nearly 60 acres of lush landscape inspired by the […]
Continue reading …Don’t know about anyone else but I think this season of “The Apprentice” is one of the best ever. Like most people I thought the gloss had gone off a TV show that really was struggling to come up with something new. Series after series we’ve had the same format; brand name company sets a challenge, […]
Continue reading …Sir Edmund Hillary, (pictured left), the first man to climb Mount Everest died today, aged 88. For some people that will mean next to nothing but for me he was a man who helped to inspire so many people around the world. On May 29, 1953 he was the first man, along with Sherpa Tenzing […]
Continue reading …It’s January… Election Day is ten months away. Repeat … 10 months away yet the campaign seems to have been going on forever. Does anyone really care at this stage? I’m guessing you’re probably asking yourself a similar question right now. But what beats me is all these celebrities who are already jumping on the bandwagon… […]
Continue reading …Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede Closes
January 8, 2008 Comments Off on Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede ClosesDolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede dinner theater closed abruptly yesterday, with its owners telling staff that the attraction’s 13-acre site had been sold to an undisclosed buyer. In announcing the property’s sale, the owners said that they were looking for another location for the dinner attraction. Since opening in June 2003, Dixie Stampede has proven very […]
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