Mark’s Bloomin’ Journal

A recent WSJ article focused on the increasing frequency of children accompanying a parent on business trips. I for one, attempt to rope in one or other of my children on business trips as I really enjoy their company, it is an invaluable opportunity to have conversations otherwise never broached, it reinforces the understanding that money really does not grow on trees and at the same time as I formulate views and opinions on what I see and hear I can bank on the unvarnished insite of a party with a vested interest and refreshing point of view. All this over dinner in some far flung spot when eating alone is so obviously not what I wish or enjoy. (more…)

My kind of a day, being the last day of the month, on the cusp of Mother’s Day and the May issue of Good Housekeeping giving us a much appreciated accolade. It is to be found on page 130, in a section titled “The Goods”. The long and the short of it being that GHRI tested four big name delivery services with the help of consumer panelists and Mille Fiori Flowers in NYC. Purchasing bouquets as similar as possible and within the same price point the article concludes with the following;

Bottom Line: The only service we recommend is Flowerbud.com. Its bouquets arrived in good condition and lasted for seven days.

Short, sweet and to the point. I love it, while at the same time thinking I might give my eye teeth to know the identity of the three also rans. Remember, my mission is that you do not have to find out!