Whew - that Friday night date night about wore me out!! Saturday is a little unusual to start the work week but that's what they do around here. I decided after having my morning cup of tea and toast, not burned, thank you very much, that...
Saturday, April 11, 2009 Friday Night Date Night Friday is the last day of the weekend. Things don't open until 4pm and close at 11pm - mainly I'm referring to the malls since that's all there is to do here - shop. Gary and I hit the...
Thursday, April 9, 2009 The Weekend - Day Five Today started a little late for us - it's the first day Gary has been able to catch up on some much needed shut-eye. We walked to one of the many malls. It was around 2pm and there...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Day Four - The Lamb Pickin' Gary was invited to a dinner honoring one of the executives that was responsible for the position that Gary now holds. At the dinner they sit on the floor but didn't eat off of plastic (that occured...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Day 3 in Riyadh Hello everyone, Tuesday is day 3 for us. I was able to attend the Nanotechnology Conference with Gary today held at the Intercontinental Hotel. The men were in the main conference room and the women in the back conference room. ...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Day Two in Riyadh I failed to mention in the first post that while we were eating dinner our first night we received a phone call from Mez. He is the gentleman that recruited Gary for this position. He is a very "Americanized"...
In 2009 Gary was a consultant for King Saud University in Riyadh, SA for 6 months. His role was to advise them on how to build a research park. Since he served as VP of Research Triangle Foundation for 16 years this was a perfect...
From The Ground Up, Inc. has been in business for 20 YEARS!! We don’t consider ourselves old – heck Germany is OLD. We’re experienced! Our company was built primarily through word of mouth – no website, no mass mailings, just quality work and THAT’s the best...
What started out as a step up the corporate ladder ended up transitioning my executive assistant career to starting my own business. I guess you could call it an “accidental discovery”. I was hired in the early 90’s as the Executive Assistant to the President of...