2007

On my way to Dubai for the GITEX conference, my wife and I took advantage of a lengthy layover to take a 2.5 hour bus tour of Amsterdam. The adventure started in the small town of Amstel, where we visited a family-owned clog manufacturer. I never understood why anyone would wear giant wooden [...]

For the second year in a row, I elected to take a half day off work to do something I’m not very good at: golf. It was for a good cause though: Oregon’s Make-A-Wish Foundation. The HairM Charity Golf Tournament, in its third year, was a hit with everyone involved, especially Make-A-Wish Foundation.
HairM [...]

My mom lives in Renton near the Boeing 727 plant and Renton Airport. The airport is used by light aircraft, including seaplanes. While my wife’s uncle was visiting Seattle, we decided to schedule a sightseeing aerial tour of Seattle, via seaplane. It proved to be a very smart investment.
We walked over [...]

After taking a two year hiatus from BMW track day at Portland International Raceway, I took a Friday off to put my 2005 330i to the test. I have a half-dozen or more track days under my belt, but decided to spend the last few years focusing on my son Riley and my business, [...]

My wife and I spent a recent Saturday the best way we know how: tasting wine. Our friend Candice happens to be a wine expert, having spent many years in the business and is now in the process of launching her own customized Oregon wine & dining tour business. We initiated the process [...]

For search engine marketing firm, Anvil Media’s quarterly field trip, we ventured to Paddy’s Bar & Grill in downtown Portland Oregon for a whiskey tasting. Proprietor Gregg Schillinger took us through the Irish whiskey & scotch distillation process, and we sampled 8 bottles of scotch, whiskey & bourbon from around the world. The flavors [...]

Earlier today I was reaching out to a variety of potential speakers for SEMpdx SearchFest 2008 and the most amazing thing happened. I fired off emails to top tier experts like Matt Cutts, John Battelle, Guy Kawasaki and Seth Godin, not expecting to hear back from any of them (kudos to Matt Cutts for [...]

I’m looking forward to attending inVerge, Steve Gehlen’s latest event. Also the founder of Internet Strategy Forum Executive Summit, he’s known for producing cutting-edge events.
According to the Web site, inVerge 2007: the interactive convergence conference, is an immersive multi-disciplinary conference… that focuses on the invergence of media platforms, online + offline, [...]

I recently took my team on Anvil Media’s quarterly field trip. This time around instead of museums, golf or brewery tours, we elected to take advantage of our corporate membership to Dreamlife Powersports. The corporate membership gives us points (like a timeshare condo) towards a variety of RVs, Boats, ATVs, Snowmobiles, and Waverunners. [...]

On a hot sunny Wednesday afternoon this July, I was out on a small Bayliner boat with my EO Forum buddies for a day of tubing and water skiing. After a few hours tubing and touring Hayden Island, we pulled into the mouth of the Willamette River and cut the engine to prepare for [...]