The last time I used a Latin phrase in a headline, one of my colleagues teased me unmercifully, arguing that no one had the faintest idea what I was trying to convey.
As I write this, I am still suffering from a food coma – that unpleasant state of being reached only after stuffing one’s face with everything edible – induced by my company’s holiday party earlier today.
Vegas is all about the gambling, the shows, the food, the drink … and the candy. No, not eye candy (although that’s a given). I’m referring to the confectionery variety.
Haves and have nots. It’s a lot easier to espouse sustainability when you have plenty of resources to … well, sustain oneself, as opposed to being in a position where you’re fighting to establish a livelihood for yourself and your family.
Vegas is all about the gambling, the shows, the food, the drink … and the candy. No, not eye candy (although that’s a given). I’m referring to the confectionery variety.
“We was robbed!” That’s all I could think of when Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, announced - in his Hercule Poirot voice - that Chicago had been eliminated in the first round.
After booking his flight from Manchester, England, to Chicago for a week’s visit last month, my friend Nick (who was my host brother when I spent a semester in Great Britain during college) asked if there was anything special my family and I wanted him to bring over from the United Kingdom.
Editor Bernie Pacyniak discovers that the confectionery world doesn’t stop turning while he takes advantage of summer’s last hurrah during a family vacation.
More than 21,000 c-store executives are expected to attend the 2009 NACS Show, Oct. 20-23 in Las Vegas, for a look at the latest confection and snack products as well as advice from well-known speakers.