How Long Till It’s Just One, Big Company? You practically need a scorecard — or a spreadsheet — to track who’s gobbling up who in the fast-consolidating “online travel agent” industry. Courtesy of The New York Times (“The Consumer’s Quandary: Book Online or Book Direct?”), here’s how the industry is configured (at least for now):...Read More
Al Fresco Dining & Drinking . . . in the 40’s° People in the U.S. Southwest — when the mercury hits 110° (or some such) in the Summer — will protest, “But, it’s a dry heat.” Similarly, when the sun is out and temp’s in the Twin Cities finally lurch above 40° (local high yesterday: 43°),...Read More
