Today the Warped Tour returned to Orlando, held at Tinker Field, a park where the old Tinker Field minor league baseball stadium previously resided. However, the weather gods were not kind to our clients this year. A massive thunderstorm rolled through late afternoon. This wasn’t the typical Central Florida 20-minute hard storm – it lasted for quite some time. Luckily […]
I just returned from this year’s NAPAMA retreat, held again in the beautiful Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort in the Poconos, that I described in a bit more detail in a post from last year’s event. I gave another rousing talk about CWA’s and when it was over, I suddenly realized I’m becoming the “Tyrion Lannister” from “Game of Thrones” in […]
Las Vegas was the hosting city for the National Conference of Personal Managers. As a CPA, I’m a numbers guy, so I notice things about numbers, especially percentages, all the time. This trip I discovered that the 30% rule for withholding tax on foreign entertainers is loathed by 100% of the personal managers I talked with 100% of the time, […]
I love New Orleans. Over the years I’ve made numerous trips to The Big Easy for both business and vacations, but this was my very first trip to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, more commonly referred to as Jazz Fest! We had 6 Cuban groups performing there this year so it was a great opportunity to finally […]
Saint John, New Brunswick was the site of the East Coast Music Awards shows this year – the first time they have been back to the city in 15 years. This is one of the friendliest cities on the planet. I had the opportunity to visit Saint John about 10 years ago as a stop on a cruise. A few […]
Ah, the Indy Irish Fest. As you may have guessed, Indianapolis was the site of this bi-annual conference and just like my previous trip to Austin, it was my first time to the city. Also like Austin, this is a state capital with a tremendous amount of historical sites to see. Finally, like Austin, Indianapolis would be an easy […]
This was my very first SXSW trip. Austin is a spectacular city; one that I will come back to for a three-day vacation in the near future. I had a chance to meet with some wonderful folks from both Europe and the US. The short and the sweet? SXSW is now on my list of conferences that I will attend […]
Last night our client, Chan Sung Jung, was back in the Octagon as the headline event in the UFC Fight Night 104 at the Houston Toyota Center. He was returning after a three and a half year layoff in which he was serving mandatory required military duty in South Korea. The crowd went wild after he won with a knockout in the […]
Last night Jackie and I had the opportunity to go back to House of Blues at Disney Springs. Our client from Canada, Protest the Hero, was performing to a packed house. They were the feature group for August Burns Red’s 10th-anniversary Tour. Here’s a picture of Jackie with Tim MacMillar after the show-