When I go to new places, I feel rather small and that is the time to learn new words, try new breakfasts, and wave at the man on the unicycle.

The winter of ’98 I was on a project in Colorado Springs with a very diverse group of colleagues some I was meeting for the first time.  It was my first time in this city and I found it refreshing with beautiful mountains and of course it was snowing when I arrived.The Corporate Apartments were mind-blowing a brand new complex atop a bluff where at night you could look down on the City.  On t...