by Michele Genthon | Oct 13, 2013 | MUSINGS, Traveling
Venice is built on a lagoon, its homes whose weight is borne under the water by heavy beams arranged in circular patterns, appear to float on its surface. Its wealth and power extended for almost one thousand years because of its facility in using...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 10, 2013 | Business and Economics, FIRST WOMEN
Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Vice Chair, was selected by President Obama to lead the U.S. central bank. Her priorities are to strengthen the economic recovery and boost employment. If approved by the Senate, she will become the first woman to head a central bank in...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 7, 2013 | Business and Economics, FIRST WOMEN
Carly Fiorina rose to the heights of corporate American and then was forced aside in a public circus. Her resilience is an inspiration to us all. Analyzing the first quarter-century of Carly Fiorina’s life would not necessarily lead to the conclusion that she...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 2, 2013 | MUSINGS, Traveling
NAPLES This is Gary entering our hotel. Truly! I wonder what tall people do? And this is the most important historical sign in Naples: ` TRANSLATION: Here one hundred years ago the Pizza Margherita was born. INTERSECTION OF NATURE, GOD AND MAN There...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 2, 2013 | MUSINGS, Traveling
The area of Italy called Campania is in Southern Italy on the Western coast and includes Naples, the enormous bay that spreads out from Naples at its northern tip, and the Amalfi Coast with its winding roads, royal blue water, and towns stuffed into breathtaking...
