tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296145122008-09-12T10:51:35.246-04:00Reviews and commentary from the Editor of RICH GUY MagazineBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125http://feeds.feedburner.com/RichGuyBlog?format=skinhttp://www.richguy.com/blog/images/richguy.jpgRichGuyBloghttp://feedburner.google.comYou are subscribing to the "Editor's Blog" a casual diary from Bassam Al-Sarraj, The Editor-in-Chief of RICH GUY Magazine.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-22567091228107263192008-09-12T10:29:00.004-04:002008-09-12T10:51:35.262-04:00There are moments in one’s life when they feel like a gift to humanity, there are other times when one feels like a natural born idiot. While I am defiantly a gift to some people this past week I...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-56521783094332882422007-03-25T14:48:00.000-04:002007-03-25T16:19:04.934-04:00This past Friday I went to one of my favourite clubs, it’s not in a big town, in fact it’s located in Peterborough, Ontario about 90 miles outside of Toronto. It was a special night as “The Lounge”...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-83723483967713351472007-03-20T17:15:00.000-04:002007-03-20T22:29:35.185-04:00It’s been a whirlwind of a week for me so far, Sunday night I was on a game show that tests IQ’s against different segments of the population, "Test the Nation" made it's debut on CBC and I got to...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-40531756353392038072007-02-21T21:04:00.000-05:002007-02-21T21:08:38.547-05:00Believe it or not, but I’ve never flown to Germany, well not until today. I’m enroute to Dubai, since there isn’t a direct flight from Toronto to Dubai I’ve opted to connect in Frankfurt. The name...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-27058708345525741032007-01-23T19:14:00.000-05:002007-01-28T20:05:00.708-05:00I’ve been captivated by these little RC helicopters on the market, specifically the Micro Mosquito. Our parent company has another website www.greatdeals.ca and they bought loads of these little...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-50782927455640646812007-01-17T15:38:00.000-05:002007-01-17T15:40:06.006-05:00I heard the funniest thing a few days ago. It was a comment made by a girl walking behind me. She was shocked that it was snowing. Her exact comment was “I can’t believe it’s snowing! This is...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-22664573989329557462007-01-10T18:09:00.000-05:002007-01-11T14:11:30.165-05:00An old friend came to visit me the other day, I haven’t seen him for a few years so it was good to catch up. We ate a serious amount of steak, so much that I can't even stand to look at the 2lbs left...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-70502076408644021742007-01-02T17:49:00.000-05:002007-01-02T17:52:21.485-05:00Boy have I been lazy. With all the holiday fun I’ve just not been motivated one bit to write about the blog and through it all I’ve had to field many emails and phone calls from people. Yes, phone...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-65334774735280123852006-12-19T17:59:00.000-05:002006-12-19T18:00:52.432-05:00So it’s Christmas time, well to some, for others it’s the “Holiday Season”. Here’s one of my biggest pet peeves, people looking me straight in the eye and saying “Happy Holidays” and while I do...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1165682295205883612006-12-09T11:35:00.000-05:002006-12-09T11:53:39.178-05:00I’m an astute observer and when I travel I like to see how the locals deal with everyday life. I’m not talking about those in the upper tax bracket either, I’m referring more about the common folk,...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1165468190201886672006-12-07T00:00:00.000-05:002006-12-07T00:09:50.213-05:00Shoes are strictly optional here, however it’s not a place where formality goes unnoticed. I just ate a fantastic steak, barefoot. I smoked my cigar and enjoyed the stars without my shoes. Nobody...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1164988164745593272006-12-01T10:24:00.000-05:002006-12-01T10:50:38.196-05:00Back in my teenage years I was sitting with my two high school buddies, Ian and Aaron, in a sandwich shop and I commented on how it smelled like airplane food. I went on to talk about how I loved the...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1164819123859196862006-11-29T09:53:00.000-05:002006-11-29T12:26:54.450-05:00What's wrong with public relations industry? Will they let just anyone work in the biz? I deal with so many great PR reps, some true pro’s, but there are some of them out there that baffle me. Maybe...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1164458158055356532006-11-25T07:34:00.000-05:002006-11-25T07:35:58.066-05:00This past Thursday and Friday I received less spam than any other day of the year. In fact I received only 27 pieces of spam on both days whereas I generally received 80 to 100 per day across all my...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1163549547103205752006-11-14T19:06:00.000-05:002006-11-14T19:52:39.566-05:00I once heard a story from one of my readers talking about how he went to Switzerland on business trip. Eager to please his clients, he asked them to suggest the nicest restaurant for them to eat that...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1163373970460685682006-11-12T18:22:00.000-05:002006-11-12T18:26:10.473-05:00Two espressos and a cup of coffee and I’m still dozing off. A few hours ago I was sitting in the Lufthansa Star Alliance Lounge at Zurich airport, waiting for my flight to small town of Lugano which...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1162506404288329642006-11-02T17:19:00.000-05:002006-11-02T18:15:24.876-05:00When I was 17 there was a picture of an Air France 747 on the back of the Flying Club’s door where I learned to fly. The jumbo jet was only a few feet off the ground directly over a beach. I thought...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1161908372897103652006-10-26T20:07:00.000-04:002006-10-26T20:19:32.906-04:00...in Cabo San Lucas :) RICH GUY IS A TRADEMARK OF THE SAMCOM INTERACTIVE MEDIA CORP. COPYRIGHT 2001 - 2006 SAMCOM INTERACTIVE MEDIA CORP. <br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1161376225248883852006-10-20T16:28:00.000-04:002006-10-20T16:35:30.926-04:00I'm sitting the US Airways lounge at the Tampa airport, the sun is beaming inside and it's HOT AS HELL in here, but I’ve got a great view of the runway.. My original flight was supposed to take me...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1160861035050084432006-10-14T17:20:00.000-04:002006-10-14T17:23:55.070-04:00I received a pack of Shock Coffee the other day, it’s a hyper-caffeinated attitude packed package of coffee. I’m not much of a coffee drinker but my sister is, so I invited her over for a cup. My...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1159828216761876822006-10-02T18:21:00.000-04:002006-10-02T18:30:16.780-04:00How do I explain the past 3 days in the Bahamas? It’s quite hard but I’ll try to do the best I can. I was on a James Bond discovery tour set up by the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. Essentially taking...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1159483948054412102006-09-28T18:44:00.000-04:002006-09-28T22:26:15.383-04:00I’m in Nassau at the moment. This is my first time here and so far is seems quite nice. It’s not rustic like some of the other islands I’ve been to, but at the same time it’s not a bustling...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1158945395666986892006-09-22T13:11:00.000-04:002006-09-22T13:18:19.006-04:00I’ve spent the past few days in New Mexico on a golfing trip. I started off in Santa Fe, one of the nations oldest towns and then ended up in Albuquerque, or as some of the locals call it "The...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1158436115821431392006-09-16T15:37:00.000-04:002006-09-18T11:59:23.233-04:00I’ve been traveling the past few days, on Thursday I was in Philly in the morning and off to LA in the afternoon to the LMU campus as a guest lecturer for the technology and business class there. The...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! Visit www.richguy.com/blogBassam Al-Sarrajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723320056118736889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29614512.post-1158034619614678152006-09-12T00:11:00.000-04:002006-09-12T00:16:59.633-04:00The US Transport Safety Association (TSA) is an incredible organization. I realized this today as I was preparing for this week’s trip to the Southwestern USA. I haven’t traveled via airline since...<br/> <br/> READ MORE! 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