In an October 2023 blog I shared that an international manufacturer of paint applicators and sundries had hired me to help them...

THE paint industry seems dominated by the likes of Home Depot and Sherwin-Williams, companies which spend a combined $1.5 billion in...

For the nation’s largest college football programs the first weeks of the season are spent playing one-sided contests against small...

A month prior to announcing that they had hired investment firm Goldman Sachs to “assist in the review of strategic alternatives” for...

In February the country’s second largest coatings manufacturer PPG announced a review of “strategic alternatives” for its architectural...

It was my mother who first put the pen in my hand, insisting I write my feelings down rather than speak them.  That effort either abiding...

My content channels generate extensive data about you such as how frequently you visit my pages, what kind of device you’re using as well...

THE country’s largest paint maker Sherwin-Williams announced their second-quarter financial results last week, the company reporting that...

If there was no more to the Connecticut food scene than just the country’s best pizza that alone would be enough, though #ctfoodies know...

In February PPG chief executive Tim Knavish announced plans to “review strategic alternatives” for the company’s $1.8 billion...

On my podcast this week I’m joined by Tony Cox, the president of HIS Coatings in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. HIS is the first of three...

The greatest baseball player to ever live died last week, Willie Mays was 93. Among history’s most feared hitters, Mays was one of only...

On my podcast this week I introduced you to three paint executives. Seeing opportunity in the demise of Kelly-Moore, each led their...

Market research giant J.D. Power released the results of their 2024 Paint Satisfaction Study recently and for the second year in a row...

In 2022 readers of Conde Nast Traveler named Bologna Italy as the planet’s food capital. And now you can add deli capital to that city’s...

My daughter Miranda made the trek from Brooklyn to Stamford recently, THE 26-year-old former Buck Wheat of these pages seeking a home...

Last week the Kentucky Derby proved faithful to its sobriquet when the race ended in three-way photo finish for the first time in its...

My adopted home state of Connecticut is often derided by residents of the remaining New England states, many of whom experience...

On September 16th of 2022 rock-n-roll icon Bruce Springsteen was scheduled to play a concert at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino. THE...

When the University of Connecticut secured the number one overall seed in this year’s March Madness tournament I donned my Huskie hoodie...