Random thoughts about Boston:
–Fin Point at the Hilton has a great atmosphere for a hotel restaurant.
–It’s a short drive into the city from Logan Airport but always a crawl.
–Celtics jerseys abound when the team is going for its first NBA title in 14 years.
–Hard to beat a beautiful spring evening by the water.
Category: Nonfiction
Washington Weekend in Review
Thoughts about traveling to Washington, D.C. on a warm weekend in May:
–Southwest Airlines is quite efficient at getting you to your destination on time, but then it’s usually a 20-minute wait for your bag.
–Metro still has the same flashing lights on the ground to announce incoming trains as it did 40 years ago.
–Fun to find out D.C. museums on the whole — from the National Gallery of Art to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — are free. And interesting to learn that James Smithson, whose munificence created the Smithsonian buildings, never visited the United States but left his fortune to the country.
–The Tabard Inn is still as cozy and charming as always. I lived there 40 years ago for two weeks while working for a Congressman, and I’ve always had a special fondness for it.
What I Discovered While Traveling to New York City
By David A. F. Sweet
Random thoughts as the pandemic ends and travel returns to normal in April 2022:
— Though American Airlines no longer requires masks, mask wearers comprised about half of the travelers in my unscientific survey at an American Airlines gate at O’Hare Airport.
— Chided myself for forgetting to charge my laptop, but with the help of a fellow passenger with better vision, found an outlet in front of us.
— American Airlines coffee is strong; tastes better than Southwest Airlines joe.
— La Guardia Terminal B is amazing – looks like a museum.
— Love the Sloan all-in-one sink, with soap, water and a hand dryer.
— The Warwick Hotel in Manhattan has Old World charm at reasonable prices. A bellhop will push your elevator button for you in the lobby
— Speaking of elevators, wearing a Cubs’ shirt in a New York hotel elevator is a good way to meet people.
— The Statue of Liberty doubles as a lighthouse.
Bull Market
Refusing the Silver Medal
Kenny Davis and his teammates will never accept the basketball silver medal after corruption marred the Olympic gold-medal game. Read more from Louisville’s Courier-Journal below and in my book Three Seconds in Munich. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/2021/07/23/kenny-davis-still-refuses-silver-medal-from-1972-olympics/8004177002/
The Good Fight
Jack Sandner’s business accomplishments were colossal. But the Chicagoan’s devotion to his eight children and to helping others outshined even his market successes. https://lnkd.in/eJcpNb5 #notredame #und #cme #chicago#business #leadership
Steve Schutt Brings Lake Forest College to New Heights
Bill Bartholomay Saw It All In MLB
The Knicks Were Hopeless — in 2007
Amid all of the end-of-the-decade rumblings about the NBA, everyone talks about how bad the New York Knicks were from 2010-2019. Well, let me take you back to a previous decade, where things may have even been worse.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22207474/ns/business-sports_biz/t/mismanagement-once-mighty-knicks/#.XgtZB0dKiF4
Baseball Goes Nets
The expansion of baseball netting, though full of good intentions, is getting out of hand, as I argue in my first piece for Medium.
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