Sideswipe: February 25: Dining out on Trump
24 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
3 minutes to read Donald Trump only visited one DC restaurant in his four-year term. And it was the steakhouse in his own hotel . when the star appeared, you had to stick to the script. A Standard Operating Procedure document, recently obtained by Washingtonian, outlined step by step exactly what to do and what to say anytime Trump dined at BLT Prime, the hotel restaurant. As soon as Trump was seated, the server had to discreetly present a mini bottle of Purell hand sanitiser. (This applied long before Covid, mind you.) Next, cue dialogue: Good (time of day) Mr President. Would you like your Diet Coke with or without ice? the server was instructed to recite. A polished tray with chilled bottles and highball glasses was already prepared for either response. Directions for pouring the soda were detailed in a process no fewer than seven steps long and illustrated with four photo exhibits. The b
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LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / February 23, 2021 / Ted Lidie never expected to be in the position of running a lucrative business. He came from a small town with not a lot of experience in the business world. He began selling marijuana and thankfully, was in the right time and place to turn it into a business. When we started putting our names on jars in the cannabis industry, most people were still in the shadows, afraid of what might happen if the world knew they grew weed. I was also afraid, but I saw what was coming, put my fears behind me and went to work. I come from a very poor family, in a very poor place (Redding, CA) (population 80K) to build one of the most worldwide recognized brands in such conditions is nothing short of a miracle. I say it a lot, I wasn t supposed to be here, Ted recounts.
Bestselling author Annie Hardock: “Once you know your goal, every decision is easy.”
New book reveals the joys and struggles of 18 Asian women entrepreneurs who travelled many different paths to create their best lives USA, February 23, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ Back when she was a new mom, Annie Hardock knew she didn’t want a traditional 9-to-5 office job. She wanted a job where she could control her time and stay home with her son. It was the early days of the internet, and Annie’s first days in a new town, but she launched a business networking group and an online business in local internet advertising. The networking group is still going strong (23 years later!) and the advertising business took off. Then, when her son was in high school, she started a new venture, teaching kids “mental math,” giving them a solid math foundation for school.