Over the years Homescapes has gotten a lot of publicity and when I was the Chamber President I got my fair share, too. So braggy as it sounds, I’m not totally shocked when something shows up in the local papers (unless it’s bad news). But yesterday I was. Especially WHERE it showed up in the paper.
I [...]
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Alright, that’s it…we’re on our way home.
The good news from a mercenary standpoint is that by not succumbing to the (albeit successful) containment-through-fear strategy for SARS, we’re gettin’ our stuff from Beijing by the beginning of June. Bad news? We’ve got to hope they calm down so that we can come back to China in [...]
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Things are weird here…after bringing us toast this morning at breakfast the hostess took our temperature. Under our arms. We’re talking flesh contact. (Talk about full service.)
Our hotel is closing tomorrow…I guess they figure it’s a money losing proposition to keep the hotel open for their eight registered guests (theoretically, as we’ve yet to see [...]
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