Lining up to see the ‘Cake Boss’

by | Mar 17, 2010 | Write Thinking

I know this day is supposed to be about the green, folks, but what can I say? Add a little red and white and you get the Italian colors, so today I’m serving up a Game Plan column about Hoboken’s Carlo’s Bakery, a.k.a. the setting of Cake Boss on...

Va Va Voom

by | Mar 16, 2010 | Write Thinking

OK, seriously, Tim Gunn is taking nice-looking guys stuck in fashion ruts and turning them into absolute studs on Oprah. Mind-blowing what an updated haircut, shave and clothes can do. Doubt me? Check out Larry (before): And Larry (after): But taking it a level...

The formula that keeps on working

by | Mar 13, 2010 | Write Thinking

As I write this, my Game Plan column that went live yesterday, Born to Do Good Work, is the most emailed on FoxBusiness.com. It’s hard to predict why that happens with some and not others, but this one has such a simple message about the formula for success...

Rain riff

by | Mar 13, 2010 | Write Thinking

I’m going to declare what we have here as a monsoon. I’m not a meterologist, but high drama seems appropriate for the inconceivable winds and downpour going on outside my window. Kind of cool for people watching … Bravely took a walk earlier and was...