Did You Know?

First there were wine bars and tasting rooms - now the "in" thing in Manhattan is a tasting room for beer devotees. And a beer sommelier is called a cicerone. (Sounds like a guy who played first base for the Yankees) A far cry from the growler craze. And women are leading the way with the NY Times headline reading "More Women are calling the Shots!"
- Are you planning any travel to Europe? When the Euro was designed with all countries participating, it was one Euro to one U.S. Dollar.
Gradually, "fluctuations" ensued and a year ago it cost you est $1.14 to buy one Euro. But to encourage exports our government has allowed our dollar to weaken so now it costs $1.24 to buy one Euro. The Paris bistros will eat your lunch rather than the other way around. Better to take that trip to Canada - their Loony dollar will only cost you US$.81 cents. And all those greenbacks that I have under the mattress were just diluted.
Boo Hiss!
tjs