It’s a beautifully sunny day in downtown Los Angeles. The birds are singing, a cool breeze blows through my window as I sip my morning coffee (Peet’s, to be sure) and gaze out from the penthouse guest suites at the Colburn School at the resplendent Disney Concert Hall. In a few minutes, I’ll head down [...]
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Wide open spaces
There are SO MANY of those in Wyoming. Right out my east-facing Hampton Inn window: a mountain-esque ridge that served as a perfect backdrop for sunrises on the mornings when insomnia got the best of me. Running around Laramie, gasping for breath in the oxygen-deprived air: a view for miles right around a street corner, [...]
Trickle around economics
While at O’Hare this morning, a curiously typical financial transaction occurred.
[Nick throws a dollar bill in my lap]
Michael: “What’s this for?”
Nick: “You gave me a dollar for the vending machine last night.”
Michael: “Oh yeah, I forgot.”
[Michael hands the dollar bill to Tim]
Tim: “What’s this for?”
Michael: “I owe you some money for the cab driver’s tip.”
Tim: [...]
