Sexy, hip, Katrina and Noel Merrem are a husband and wife duo living their entrepreneurial dream. The founders of the decadently deep, hand crafted NOKA Chocolate rightfully so are designated “Chocolatiers, ” even though the two of them once labored in traditionally ho-hum jobs. Now they attend glittering parties, have stores in Neiman Marcus and Tokyo, […]
Month: August 2009
The Nose Knows Wine and Wine Glasses
I guess being the 11th generation of exceptional wine glass makers, one’s nose is simply bred to distinguish the flavors in a wine bouquets. Viennese bred Maximilian Reidel of the legendary Reidel crystal glassware did not disappoint when I recently attended a wine and fine chocolate tasting hosted by Noka Chocolates. Looking around guiltily, […]
The Blog Ghost Shakes Hands
Okay, I admit it. I don’t always “get” it when it comes to technology. Here’s what I’d like to know: How is it that after months and months of writing this blog, all of a sudden, my monthly newsletter, all about handshakes this month, and which is completelyindependent of this blog and uses a completely […]
A $13 Billion Handshake
Mr. Joe Ordinary out there rarely considers how so-called “soft skills” carry any financial punch, much less could have the clout to impact billions of dollars. But one extra-ordinary Joe, legendary attorney Joe Jamail, proved how even the humble handshake can rock Wall Street. Here’s what ordinary people miss that the extraordinary don’t: We make […]
A Gentle Thought: Beer Obama-style to the Rescue
Even the Wall St. Journal last week got in on the recent Obama police snafu and subsequent beer fest. I’m referring to the president’s negative remark about the police who mistakenly arrested his friend, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. for breaking into his own home. For the president of the United States to call […]