Monthly Archives: April 2009

The Urge to Travel to Alaska

  By Dr Saxe | April 27, 2009 - 3:17 pm | Associates, entertainment, internet/computers, Travel/Auto
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I’ve had the pleasure of seeing a lot of this beautiful country that we live in called America. As a child, may parents took us all over the country in an effort to allow us to see so much more than what was in our own back yard. And in between my schooling I took advantage of the opportunity to travel around and experience life outside of my beloved home state that I still can and do call home.

One of my favorite places that I was lucky enough to travel to was Denali Park, which is in the great state of Alaska and if it wasn’t so darn cold I swear I’d move there in a heart beat. The people that live in Alaska have to be the most caring and warmest folks that I’ve ever had the pleasure of getting to know and the scenery that Alaska has to offer just can’t be beat anywhere in the lower 48 states. I’ve been there 3 times and have loved the adventures that I’ve experienced each time. It has been way too long since I’ve been there last and look forward to traveling there some time in the near future.

Alaska Travel is certainly made easy with the use of going online these days. Prices for many types of travel have drastically dropped due to the economy and I’d really love to take advantage of these much lower prices. To Travel Alaska would be a great way to get away from the scorching heat in the city that comes with each summer season.

Next Day Blinds, in the News

  By Dr Saxe | April 27, 2009 - 2:21 pm | Associates, business, entertainment, home improvement, marketing, shopping
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Yesterday turned out to be a scorcher, we hit the 96 degree mark come 1:00 and it made the day a bad day to try and spend outside doing anything fun or productive unless you were lucky enough to be close to a body of water to dip into and enjoy. Living in the city as I am that wasn’t the case, heck the pools haven’t even opened up yet, we have a few more weeks to go until Memorial Day.

Since my plans changed due to the heat, I ended up at the mall with a lady friend, enjoying the air conditioning for a time and hitting the food court for dinner instead of at the park, which was my initial plan of action for the afternoon. We ended up in JC Penney, in the home department, of all places. My date is currently into and interested in some new window treatments and wanted to see what they had to offer in that line.

I never would have thought that the Home Department at Penney’s would be doing such a booming business. This place was jam packed and customers were not happy with the heat, the crowds and with the lack of service that they were receiving and started talking amongst them selves. The words of next day blinds kept being over heard in the many conversations going on and we ended up talking with other folks that were discussing their experiences with next day blinds, it seems that they have a great reputation and are a preferred company by many for all types of window treatments, not only limited to blinds.

Apparently there has been a good amount of marketing for next day blinds, the TV and Radio ads are plentiful and business is booming. People are not buying new houses, but are fixing up the ones that they are currently in and having nice window treatments is a big plus in today’s decorating and next day blinds has locations everywhere to accommodate just about anyone. So my date was totally impressed and interested with what we heard about next day blinds and has decided to contact them to see what they can do for her place, within her budget. So it looks like JC Penney’s in out and next day blinds is in for her home improvement needs.

Wine, Women & Song

  By Dr Saxe | April 23, 2009 - 10:02 am | business, entertainment, Food
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I don’t know much about wines but I do know what I like when I drink it. I took my date to dinner at the local Olive Garden the other night. Just wanted something different and we were out that way, so we pulled in at a few minutes before 5:00. There was already a wait list, so we took a couple seats at the bar and on a lark we each ordered a glass of red wine. The bartender brought me a glass and I had a quick look at the bottle. It was Fuedo Arancio, by Nero D’Avola, from Sicily.

It is considered “lively and fruity.” I consider it very good and it goes well with anything Italian with a red sauce. If you have the chance to try a glass, do so at my recommendation. I wrote down the name of the wine and took it to the wine shop the very next day so I could buy a couple bottles to have on hand.

Trading Down in America

  By Dr Saxe | April 21, 2009 - 10:42 am | business, politics, technology
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We have noticed a lot of people have been trading down homes and living conditions (and a good amount have people have simply lost their homes due to foreclosures), plus a good amount of companies are certainly going for less and less. It seems that America is in a giant trade down phase.There are many costs when it comes to trading down, however sometimes trading down is trading up for your life. It’s necessary at times, but sometimes people get into worse situations when they trade down. Think of all of the people in Louisiana that left flooded homes filled with mold only to be locked up into homes that contained highly toxic off-gassing fumes.

I hope that people will learn much from this time of life and we will decide collectively to make better homes in the future, and much more affordable ones as well.