Yes We Can
Have you been following the dining services drama at the University of Miami during the last few weeks? Here's the short story.
Operations
Riding out Hurricane Sandy
Here in New York City, the editors of FoodService Director magazine and foodservicedirector.com have orchestra seats for the weather system meteorologists are calling Frankstorm, Superstorm and Storm of the Century.
On September 11, 2001, at about 9:10 a.m., I was getting off a bus at 54th St. and Lexington Ave. in midtown Manhattan, heading into the offices of Nation’s Restaurant News. I remember looking south as I stepped onto the curb, seeing the thick, black smoke from somewhere downtown and wondering where the fire was. I entered the building at 425 Park Ave., took the elevator up to the sixth floor and walked into what appeared to be a deserted office.
I had planned this week to regale readers with details of my wonderfully enlightening trip to Chile, and I still will do that, as well as post a photo slide show of the tour. But the trip had a somber aftermath, with the devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the country early Saturday morning.