I rarely use this space to discuss anything but business. However living in New York City and doing a bit of travel annually, I thought I would mention a few observations about culture and travel.

Airlines: I have found Air France to have superb service and food. JetBlue has great service and you cannot beat their live TV service that offers about 35 channels. And take a look at EOS Airlines (flights only to London's Stansted Airport and JFK New York). EOS is a new discount all business class airline. The layout of the cabin is brillant and the service and food are superb. Also the price is quite reasonable compared to other airline business class rates. I would take EOS over Brtish Airways or Virgin Atlantic any day for price and service. Stansted is not that difficult to get to.

Movies: My wife belongs to the Writers Guild (she used to write soap opera scripts for ABC TV). Thus she gets privileges to see previews of movies. Recently I saw two fabulous foreign films.

1. An Algerian film - DAYS OF GLORY

2. A German film - LIVES OF OTHERS

The German film is particularly great. I would rate it one of the best 10 films I have ever viewed.

Now back to business.