Just have to share this photo with you, which came attached to a press release announcing that Rio de Janeiro is a partner of the CHIO Aachen. The opening line of the press release is as follows: “It is hardly possible for messengers to be more popular: Nelson and Rodrigo Pessoa and Alvaro “Doda” Affonso […]
And it’s a press release about an Olympic discipline! And it’s not three weeks after the fact! It came out the day after the event finished! This is a test to see if I can overdose on exclamation marks. Yes I can. And I have. A release came out from EC HQ first thing last […]
Is it superstitious to the point of ridiculous self-obsession for me to think the awful cold I am suffering is the result of my my actions on this blog, and on my other blog, Low-Down (which has a brand new post today)? Don’t answer. I know what your answer is. This cold is almost certainly […]
Oh my goodness. Where do I begin? The FEI has been dishing out so much blog material lately that I have that feeling like when you order a pizza from your favorite delivery joint, and when you open the box you don’t know which piece to eat first…this slice is bigger but this other one […]
What are they up to now, those crazy show organizers? Thursday I received a press release announcing that stalls at the new Global Dressage Festival facility will be available to rent through the off season. I haven’t yet heard if that’s even legal, since I was under the impression the permit for the new show […]
In my last post, I forgot to mention one little item which EC decided to put out as a press release and which definitely fits into the ever-expanding category of highly questionable relevance to EC members. At this point I would describe EC’s random behaviour with things that are real news and things that are […]
I know some of you are thinking that I’m a grouchy old hag for my laundry list of complaints against EC’s fabulous communications department last week, but I’ll take my lumps. I stand by what I said, and in my inbox this morning I found the perfect example of what I was getting at. It […]
I’m sitting in West Palm Beach airport, killing the extra hour I have because I thought my flight was at 7 am, not 8:20 (I guess it’s better than making the opposite mistake). Checking email, I found the EC Weekend Preview in my inbox and it inspired me to clarify my thoughts on EC’s new […]
It’s been a slice but holy ravioli am I ready for a little quiet time at home. I’ll wave bye-bye to Welly from the air tomorrow morning and will not likely set foot here again until next winter. But I have lots to tell you about, so stay tuned. If I have enough elbow room […]
They really do march to the beat of a different drummer down here where the palm trees grow and the wealthy drive golf carts. On Monday, just six days after the Welly World elections swept Bob Margolis into the mayor’s seat, the Achilles heel of Florida elections reared its ugly head (or foot, I should […]
