Introduction Before I typed this up, I went back to my old post to see what happened to my last Paypal shutdown. In there, I had written, “Other people have told me that when they called in, eyes on the account, led to a shutdown of their other Paypal accounts (and sometimes household accounts.)” Sure […]
Introduction I was looking forward to this meal after yesterday’s disappointing meal at Masa. I haven’t been to French Laundry, but I do want to go one day. I was a bit worried about this meal due to this article. On the bright side, maybe Thomas Keller fixed the “issues” by our meal. Since this […]
Introduction My brother in law has an obsession/goal of eating at all of the Michelin 3 starred restaurants in New York. On my last trip here a few years ago, we went to Jean George, Brooklyn Fare, and Eleven Madison Park. For this week, we have Masa, Per Se, and Le Bernadin lined up. He […]
Introduction GAWD I hate Ebay! I can’t wait until the day I no longer have to use them, but they are still the best place to sell used stuff. Anyway, yesterday, I checked my email and noticed my 2 dozen listings were all closed. THAT’S NEVER A GOOD SIGN. A few minutes later, I […]
Introduction About 2 weeks ago, my wife got the dreaded AMEX FR email. I’ll show it below, but I can tell you what most likely triggered it but I’m sure you can guess already – a sudden surge in spend… as in, I charged $25K on her pers SPG and another $20K on her biz […]