http://www.dallasnash.com Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:21:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is pretty hard to believe that it is almost two years to the day that I wrote part one of this BLOG. I was starting my “new” job at Dell, travelling to Austin and getting ready to embark on a new chapter in my life. Well, that ... http://www.dallasnash.com/archives/2008/03/what-in-the-dell-is-going-on-%e2%80%93-part-deux.php I am in love. Where else, but Madrid, can a theater of the performing arts be named after my favorite ice cream? I am sitting in a square, late at night, about to head to dinner. When in Spain… Apparently the locals dine after 9 p.m. Dinner is at ... http://www.dallasnash.com/archives/2007/10/teatro-haagen-dazs.php A peaceful, early morning cab ride to the Le Gare L’Est in Paris (Paris East Train Station), I grab a coffee and a pain du chocolate; what else in the world could be more perfect? It is a little before 8 a.m. in the morning, the sun is coming ... http://www.dallasnash.com/archives/2007/09/a-bullet-train-to-germany.php Man it’s hot in the desert in September… I wake from a six hour slumber to see the map, and the city below is Tehran, Iran. There is nothing but desert for miles. The 777 is moving quickly over the waters of the Arabian Gulf (Persian Gulf – ... http://www.dallasnash.com/archives/2007/09/the-rise-of-new-babylon.php After a long week of meetings and late night business calls from the US (due to the 7 hour time difference) I was able to celebrate the Labor Day weekend with my lovely bride. After her hellish flight over, we left Frankfurt airport to make our journey to Munich. ... http://www.dallasnash.com/archives/2007/09/germany-part-2.php So my next round of business travels takes me to the place of my family’s origin. I arrive a day late in Frankfurt Germany after missing my connector in Atlanta because of weather. I think this past trip will be the end of my allegiance to Delta Airlines. ... http://www.dallasnash.com/archives/2007/09/achtung-baby%e2%80%a6-the-fatherland-calls-%e2%80%93-part-one.php So I left Austin last Wednesday, it is 104 degrees, and spent a full twelve hours in route to Ireland where the temperature (upon my arrival) is a cool 66 degrees. I land early in the morning to a true Irish welcome. My driver awaits to bring me to the ... http://www.dallasnash.com/archives/2007/08/i%e2%80%99ve-found-me-lucky-charm.php My wife and I just returned from a wonderful vacation on Vancouver Island. We spent three days at Tigh-Na-Mara Hotel and Spa “up-island” with my dad. It was a really nice time and the weather was beautiful. I was glad that Rena and I could spend some ... http://www.dallasnash.com/archives/2007/08/family-first.php Dear Dallas, This is Grady&Susan Allen, this is Hilda’s brother&sister-in-law in Tennessee, I’m sorry to hear about your Mother, I will keep her in my prayers. I’ve have had cancer too, had bladder and cervical cancer, had chemo and radiation too, it’s been 6 ... http://www.dallasnash.com/archives/2007/06/im-sorry-for-your-pain.php Our journey to Arlington National Cemetery for Dad’s inurnment was at the height of rush hour; yet, the morning’s arrival was beautiful and peaceful. The fresh morning dew was still glistening on the freshly cut grass, and the rows of graves lay quiet. Military servicemen and women made ... http://www.dallasnash.com/archives/2007/06/a-tribute-to-a-hero-%e2%80%93-june-7th-2007.php