Archive for the ‘Country Club’ Category

The Quin’ House, Boston, MA USA

I was invited to The ‘Quin House specifically to enjoy their club sandwich while catching up with a friend and learning about new ad tech. What could be better than tech talk over a club in a club? I had been to The ‘Quin House on many occasions – and before that, to its predecessor, […]

Sandbar, Naples, FL USA

Father son trip to Naples to see his grandmother, my mother – I remember doing this as a kid with an individual parent, and was looking forward to making memories with our 2.5 year old while my wife stayed home and watched our 3 month old. Man on man coverage for the long weekend! Pelican […]

University Club, Boston, MA USA

The joy we all got from watching my 2 year old son interact with reptiles and curious creatures at the University Club in Boston on a Saturday morning was hard to compete with. I think he loved the turtle the most, although the tarantula was extremely cool (and he got a kick out of seeing […]

Eastern Point Yacht Club, Gloucester, MA USA

Memorial day was cold a rainy. July 4th was cold and rainy. And guess what: labor day didn’t fare much better. These were the three days we chose to go up to Gloucester over the summer. Bad luck? Well, it wasn’t just us, everyone in New England was struggling with the weather from June through […]

Griffith Park Golf Shop, Los Angeles, CA USA

A golf date. Not my typical outing, but who could resist hitting up a driving range after work to relieve the stress of a long day while catching up with a friend? Sam took me to Griffith Park Driving Range, a beautiful public range and banquet hall halfway between Pasadena and the rest of Los […]

Banyan Golf Club, West Palm Beach, FL USA

My flight from Boston to Beijing on United was $750/roundtrip. A week later, for MLK weekend, it’s $800/roundtrip Boston to West Palm Beach. Perhaps the prefect example of supply and demand, I was caught in the crosshairs of the airline industry’s pricing model. But a weekend family vacation, as rare as they are, is hard […]