Silicon Valley: The Next Decade (Part 3)

The Money and How It Is Applied Of course, the models discussed are predicated upon the fact that the patrons and salonniers had money and were willing to spend it on fostering a community of artists and intellectuals without directly benefiting from such an “investment.”

Silicon Valley: The Next Decade (Part 2)

How Do You Foster Renaissance Thinking? Each period of renaissance from history saw great congregations of talented people from multiple disciplines in certain cities or regions. Two prominent examples are Florence under the Medicis and Elizabethan England. Artists, writers, scientists, and philosophers were in the same place, working close to each other and exchanging ideas

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Pellejo Soco

And here is a (rather bad) picture of Pellejo Soco, a Cuban band performing at Biscuits and Blues last night. They draw from Latin pop, Brazilian, Flamenco, Afro-Cuban and Jazz influences, and sang one of my favorite Latin songs, Besame Mucho, which I hadn’t heard in a while.

Merry Christmas

I don’t know about you, but I am in the holiday mood. Music. Dance. Food. Travel. Shopping. So, let me point you to some of my writings on those subjects, in case you are reading: * In What’s after Starbucks? I fantasized about a day when anywhere you are, you can go to a great

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Buenos Aires Trip: Lele de Troya

In terms of restaurants, I found Lele de Troya in Palermo the most interesting, and not only for the food, which is delicious. My friend Maria Teresa and I danced until 1:30 am one night, and then went to Lele de Troya for dinner at 2:00 am. The restaurant is set in a large, three

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Starbucks and the Music Business

Perhaps, a natural extension would be to start having live-music and dancing at Starbucks cafes as well, with carefully selected musicians, in carefully selected musical genres!

What’s after Starbucks?

It would be fair to say that Starbucks has penetrated the cultural fabric of America quite extensively. Now, it is also attempting to do the same with the rest of the world. It has become a place to get together with friends, an extended office, a pick-up joint, and many other things – different things

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