GreenGoPost.com has spent much time talking about the “what-if” scenarios in the world of renewable energy and green technology.
But there are companies out there that have found much success. For those of you considering a major transaction for your business, whether it is a sale, merger, private equity financing, or debt financing, I invited Ara [...]
At the corner of Silver Lake Boulevard and Parkman Avenue lies a 2000-square foot patch of asphalt that has lain empty for decades. Occasionally, trash is strewn across it; sometimes there are unpermitted weekend yard sales or flea markets; often cars are parked on it illegally. Years ago this space was paved over to make [...]
Rio is one of those must visit cities, so you should be sure to visit before the 2016 Summer Olympics in case its leaders decide to erase its wonderful retro sheen.
Naturally the beaches are lovely, but you must visit the Botanical Garden, at the foot of Corvocado mountain. When we visited in 2004, we happened [...]
That line ended the 1974 film, Chinatown, one of the great psychodramas of all time. Inspired by the catastrophic disputes over land and water that embroiled Southern California politics in controversy during the early 1920s, Chinatown should be on your must-see list if you have yet to watch it.
It’s funny how that term, Chinatown, is [...]
Next month we are going to Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, for Carnival. It will be my second time in Brazil and first in Salvador, and I am looking forward to this trip. I am a little nervous, however–the word on the street is that Brazilian immigration will not allow you in the country if you [...]
Yesterday, as I walked up Pico Boulevard to the Los Angeles Convention Center, a sense of doom overcame me as I saw the crowds outside the entrance on Figueroa Street.
Drat, I thought. It’s 10:20, it started at 10, and I won’t get into the Go Green Expo. The place is mobbed, so “green” really is [...]
I try my best to buy fruits and vegetables when they are in season. I loved my time in Chile, but I prefer not to buy produce shipped from there. I’m staying away from salad greens, only because we got spoiled last year when we grew our own salad greens: my attempt at a winter [...]
It has been said that the North Korean diplomatic outpost in Uzbekistan has probably the worst diplomatic staff on the face of the earth. The second worst is probably the staff of the Brazilian Consulate in Los Angeles. Horror stories abound, the most recent of which comes from poor (name withheld to avoid any risk [...]
Los Angeles and water sure have a sordid history together. Of course there’s the 1974 movie, Chinatown, that sums up the backroom deals and violence that worked to bring water to a thirsty and ambitious Southern California. Now we are on the verge of another chapter in the “water wars,” as years of drought, increasing [...]
I spent MLK weekend in Fresno visiting an old college friend. The drive to Fresno is about four hours, and takes you to a completely different world than to which we are accustomed in Southern California or the Bay Area. We tend to be dismissive of this part of the state, but there is much [...]
We are sad to share the news that Ericka Norman was lost in last week’s Haiti earthquake.
Here are just a few words from her sister:
Ericka IS one of God’s special ones and we are all better for having been allowed to the privilege to know her. She
has special angels waiting to greet her; I suspect [...]
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