Anthony "Tony" Giles, a tuba and base trombone player from Manhattan, has led an interesting life. And today his life is going to get even more interesting. He's at Sim’s Barber Shop in Guilderland, NY, getting his first shave with hot towels and aromatherapy. All this from owner Greg Zorian — a third-generation barber who has …
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Forget customer service, in most of my encounters it doesn’t exist. A survey of the airlines over 2007 – 2009 by BusinessWeek rated Southwest Airlines the Best Customer Service Champs. Was it 100%? No, not even close, but they still came out on top. And that leads me to wondering, is there such a thing …
Warren Buffet once said, "Price is what you pay and value is what you get." Actually that's a pretty open-ended statement, and my hunch is the definition of value is different for all people. What Warren considers value is certainly different than what others consider value. From all that I've read, Warren eats meatloaf in …
If you have an uncertain future, or think you might, then “scrub”your budget.
Build emergency savings for yourself and look at your major obligations. If you don’t want to give up your outside expenditures — trips to Starbucks, picking up a new cosmetic, that trip to the dollar store that never turns out to be a dollar — then plan to take less money with you and leave your credit cards at home. Take only enough cash to spend or make one less trip.
Budget for a new reality If you have an uncertain future, or think you might, then “scrub”your budget. Build emergency savings for yourself and look at your major obligations. If you don’t want to give up your outside expenditures — trips to Starbucks, picking up a new cosmetic, that trip to the dollar store that …
So my friend and I decided to stop at a favorite restaurant, Legal Sea Foods. Legal Sea Foods started out as a market in Cambridge, MA and opened their first small restaurant next to the market in 1968. In 1994 they opened in Logan Airport outside of Boston. I have also discovered a LS in National Airport. The food is amazing and my friend who has eaten his way around the world says the clam chowder is second to none. I should also he add he never orders clam chowder—except at Legal Sea Foods.
Legal Sea Foods Knows! So my friend and I decided to stop at a favorite restaurant, Legal Sea Foods. Legal Sea Foods started out as a market in Cambridge, MA and opened their first small restaurant next to the market in 1968. In 1994 they opened in Logan Airport outside of Boston. I have also discovered …
