We like the fact that The Wall Street Journal provides deeper dive reading on the weekends in the “Review” section. The piece that caught our eye was titled “The Secret of Immigrant Genius.” Genius is a topic we bandy about here. As for highly motivated immigrants, our Frankie is a… more »
AWSI: Wisdom from the Sporting Green…
October 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Tuesday’s column by San Francisco Chronicle writer, Scott Ostler, put a smile on our collective faces here at Jedemi. Well — he always has that effect, but this time he provided a nice message that plays well off the sports page (and sports fields, courts, venues, etc.).
AWSI: Danny Meyer IS the Man to Watch (and Listen to)…
August 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
During the same weekend that The New York Times did a scathing (and quite lengthy) front page story on Jeff Bezos and Amazon that was kind of a downer, The Wall Street Journal featured Danny Meyer in a Weekend Confidential piece which was quite uplifting. As usual, Meyer came across… more »
AWSI: Picasso’s Calling. Swipe Up to Accept…
August 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
While flipping through The Wall Street Journal the other day, we came across a headline that grabbed our attention — and triggered our collective imagination. Apparently, thanks to the efforts of Sing London, a U.K.-based public art studio, 27 of Chicago’s iconic statues will speak to passersby via the mobile phone.
AWSI: An Awesome Week for ‘Amphibious’ Pitcher…
June 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
We heart the ambidextrous pitcher for the Oakland Athletics and have been watching him closely since spring training. He has spent most of the season in the ball clubs’s Triple-A affiliate (Nashville) until Friday, June 5, when he was called up to help out the A’s as they battled the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park…
