Everglades National ParkHead over to the Everglades National Park, the country’s largest after Yellowstone, for a taste of pure, unfettered wilderness. About an hour’s drive from Miami, an entrance fee of $10 will get you 7-day access to all the Park has to offer. Unless you are true nature lover, this can all be done [...]
Miami Hot Spots
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Nov 132007
50 Things I learnt during Hell Week
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Feb 202007
1. The fact that only 30-50% of people get a job during hell week is a great excuse to spend it on a beach in Miami.2. Flights to Miami get very expensive if you don’t get around to booking until the last minute.3. You can’t cancel interviews that you randomly signed up to on the [...]
Bienvenido a Miami
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Oct 172005
Miami just hosted the MTV Video Music Awards last month. Shaq, JLo, and Matt Damon call it home. The newest Crockett and Tubbs, Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell, are in town to shoot Miami Vice and can be spotted club-hopping nightly. Hurricane season is just about over. Could there be a cooler destination than South [...]
My Summer with Carnival Corporation
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Nov 222004
This summer I worked at Carnival Corporation in Miami, Florida. I was an intern with Management Advisory Services (“MAS”), Carnival’s internal strategic consulting group, the purpose of which is to analyze and detect various opportunities within the organization and its operating companies to become more efficient, reduce costs, etc. Although I had always been interested [...]
Oh, Canada!
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Nov 022004
The hubbub of International Week here at HBS got me thinking, especially in light of the presidential election this week. Depending on the outcome, there could be an economic opportunity awaiting for our neighbors to the north. Let me explain… Not too long ago, there were a number of large advertisements in The Washington Post [...]
Spreadsheets n’ Bedsheets:
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Sep 132004
It was one of those sultry South Beach nights and all the HBS people were going to Bed together. The lounge, that is. Of course, like any bored dork, I was sure to get my mileage out of this brilliant play on words, which I’m sure I was the first to think of. Here I [...]
HBS Rugby Club Spring Tour In Miami
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Mar 082004
It was 9 am on a freezing Thursday morning in Boston. Despite the frosty conditions, I was dressed in a Hawaiian shirt. Despite the early hour, I was sculling a can of high quality Bud Light. I was holding a song sheet containing such erudite classics as “Saturday’s a rugby day” (believe me, you don’t [...]
The Joys of January
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Jan 202004
Ahhh, how great to be back at HBS… The beautiful weather, the job offers pouring in, and my grades reflecting all that hard work and clearing the path to my inevitable Baker Scholar status. Life couldn’t be better. Which one of you is thinking that right now? If I find out, I’m coming after you. [...]
Editorial
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Mar 242003
10. Include jobs with tuitionThis would make the experience oh so much more enjoyable, you know, without the entire stressful begging for employment thing. It could be like a vacation package deal, rather than flight and hotel, great education and $120,000 job for $50,000 per year – Whata deal! I actually think this is feasible, [...]
The Downside of NFL Parity
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Jan 212003
The other leagues are supposed to be jealous. The NFL hails parity as a way to keep the casual fan interested because it prolongs the local team’s odds of making the playoffs. And once there, anyone can beat anyone – for proof, just read down the list of recent Super Bowl champs. Rams. Ravens. Patriots. [...]
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