Month: December 2016

Full Circle

In 2015 I quit my job and took off on a by now well-documented road trip in my old VW Campervan. There were many memorable moments during that journey of self-discovery.  The first was driving northbound out of San Clemente on I-5 and trying to decide what to listen to on the stereo. Wolfmother cried…
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Tipping isn’t a city in China

An old joke lobbed at restaurant customers in America that fail to leave a gratuity is “Tipping isn’t a city in China, you know!”  America has by far the most pervasive tipping culture in the world.  And as long as service workers are paid a non-living wage this will continue. Some restaurants in bigger cities…
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