Dan and I went to Eddie Bauer last week, and we started out in Eddie Bauer Home, looking at quilts. One of the clerks — an older, heavyset woman with frizzy hair and glasses, wearing a denim shirt — helped us open one up and watched us deliberate over several others. She then watched us [...]

La Fondue, we hardly knew ye I got taken to The Melting Pot last night for my birthday dinner, and we weren’t quite sure what to expect. I had no doubt that it would not be medieval-themed. I also knew upfront that they don’t offer an option to grill your meat, so dipping in hot [...]

How important is it that you like the environment you work in? Six months in, I’m beginning to think about this. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m enjoying my job. It’s more challenging and more rewarding than the last one. I’m now juggling several large projects and progessively getting to manage more and more. On [...]