Devotional

For the past several months, I have been working with a dear family friend who owns a hospitality business - specifically, a cafeteria. And while I have never been directly exposed to the food industry, except to eat, the essentials…

Yesterday, among all the other things we did, Janet and I travelled to San Juan Capistrano to see the mission there - started by Father Junipero Serra; and opened on November 1, 1776. It was the 7th of 21 missions…

The conference here in San Diego is winding down and Janet and I decided to head up the coast and take in a little bit of California today. It was overcast this morning and we got off to a slow…

The last two days, I have been attending a conference out here in San Diego - the Licensing Executives Society (LES) annual meeting. One of my clients from Dallas is heavily involved in digital research and for the last three…

I am staring out the window of our room this evening and looking at the Pacific Ocean. I am the first one to tell you that I am an East Coast sort of guy. Frankly, I never have become used…

Well, today was a travel day. And for the first time in 38 years, Janet and I are in San Diego this evening - getting ready for a conference that I will attending the next several days for one of…

Today I received my annual listing from Harry and David of all the gifts and things that I usually order for the holidays. Each year, the company is diligent in sending me great pictures of assorted fruits, candies, nuts and…

Last week, the news channels were alive with footage of the opening of Disneyworld, in Orlando, 40 years ago. Many people I know make an annual pilgrimage to this mecca of entertainment and fantasy, but frankly, I am more of a Disneyland…

Lately, I have been trying to come up with unusual marketing ideas to help celebrate the 23rd anniversary of Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria. Last week, in addition to deciding that we would offer one entree each day for the next month…

Lately, I have been noticing the size of people's feet. Janet and I have watched quite a few of the grandchildren's soccer games this fall and I can't believe how big these little kids' feet are! They're huge... Perhaps some…