Archive for the ‘Travel & Entertainment’ Category

ChrisCast 04-11-2011

Chris gets back on the bike – this time for a good cause.

ChrisCast 03-26-2011

A short jaunt over to Sherwood Forest with the family.

ChrisCast 03-14-2011

A quick check-in from South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) in Austin, Texas.

Oscars Pull up Lame

Wow!  Did James Franco stink up the place presenting at the Oscars or what?  This has to be the worst Oscar show ever.  Anne Hathaway looked brilliant next to Franco, even though she spent the entire night talking about herself. Supposedly, this is the Academy’s move to appeal to a younger demographic – they must [...]

Useful iPhone apps for the Super Connectors* of the world

Here are a few of the useful networking apps I have discovered. I am sure there are dozens more, but these have been useful to me. Facebook the gold standard for connecting your personal life as well as business marketing. LinkedIn Designed for professional networking, keep tings strictly business. Twitter Keep in touch with colleagues [...]

SuperBowl ads revisited

Okay, I tweeted that I wasn’t very impressed with the SuperBowl ads – okay, I have to confess I didn’t see all of them. I was really busy with client work and didn’t even remember to turn it on until the 3rd quarter. Then, I simply started the Tivo and later zipped through the game [...]

Gratitude Recap

The family was sitting around the dinner table (with an amazing pork roast, potatoes and asparagus – mmmm) and I took the opportunity to start a conversation.  “Let’s recap a little bit.  What are some of the things you are happy about from 2010?” It was a simple way to get 2011 started off in [...]

ChrisCast 01-01-2011

First vidcast of the new year – a wintery well-wish for a great 2011!

Day Trip to Lackland

The family took in the 2010 Lackland AFB Airshow this past weekend.  It was a lot of fun and everyone enjoyed checking out all the planes.  It was sort of a trip down memory lane for me as the last time I went to an airshow was with my father. It was way cool to [...]

Pre-Birthday Bash at SeaWorld San Antonio

Yesterday Dawn and I sent the kids off to school like any other day – but we had a secret! As a precursor to Logan’s birthday today (12 yrs) we loaded up the truck with our suitcases and showed up one-by-one to pull them out of school. We didn’t give any clues as we were [...]