In the early ‘90’s I foresaw that, for Mergers and Acquisitions professionals (my specialty) the Hungarian Government’s decision to start privatizing the businesses ...
My buddy Bill turned seventy a couple of days ago and we decided to host a serious dinner in his honour. The event turned out to be a great success, mostly, I suspect, because I...
Iceland is a small country (forty thousand square miles – about the size of Hungary), an island in the North Atlantic between Europe and North America. It is peopled...
A ‘modern’ croissant is a French pastry made from puff-pastry in a crescent shape. The first recipe corresponding to the modern croissant, not only for the shape but also the...
Back from my recent trip to Budapest, I called my buddy, Viziló, in Toronto to report on the recent major architectural happenings in the Hungarian capital. (Viziló means...
I am writing these lines on Saint Patrick’s Day and I should be celebrating the Irish today, but I’m in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and – as always when I am in this country...
“I guess I have been spoiled by “Seven Mile Beach” read the email my son sent me this morning. He is vacationing in Cuba and finds the sands of that island’s beaches less...
I fell in love with opera music when, on my 12th birthday, my father surprised me with an unusual gift – a one-year season ticket to the opera. I was lucky; I got to “see”...
On Bazaar day in Lac Carré three weeks before Xmas, I decided to spend the Yuletide Festivities with friends in Budapest. Easier said than done. I soon discovered...
I am writing these lines in Vienna at one of the city’s best restaurants. It is called Zum weissen Rauchfangkehrer – The White Chimney Sweep. A couple of weeks ago, it had...
