My Dough Girl Good. Pillsbury Bad.

Last week, I visited Tami Cromar, owner of My Dough Girl, the gourmet cookie shop in Salt Lake City that is facing legal pressure from Pillsbury® to change its name. I felt a follow-up to my earlier blog post on the matter was appropriate. After talking with Tami for an hour and after following all
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Is President Obama Saving the World?

In the past year, I’ve traveled to Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, one day in mainland China, and now India. In all those places, among the thousands of people I’ve met or interacted with, however briefly, I have found unanimous positivity for President Obama.
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Politics and Tourism

I’ve visited a few countries with US issued travel warnings, and have been pleasantly surprised with the hospitality and safety I felt in all. Only last night after an article’s insightful comment, did I really think about how tourism policies are used by countries to reward or punish other countries. Travel warnings can greatly diminish
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