Give my check to Mr. B, please: Mr. B went on eBay and bid for lunch with Warren Buffett. Two million smackeroos was the winning bid last year, so B bid 2,000,001 smackeroos, which is the new form of money in Iceland and virtually worthless. B. lost, but the consolation prize was to help pick a city for Berkshire Hathaway’s annual board meeting. So B, Buffett and Charlie Munger met at Del Frisco’s Steakhouse to plan a site and date. B lobbied for Fort Worth; Buffett lobbied for Fort Lauderdale. Munger lobbied for Fort Dix. After 30 minutes, Buffett and Munger left for the restroom. Neither returned. Hey, what about the bill? B was stuck with it. You, on the other hand, can win this fabulous dinner for two to Del Frisco’s with no bill! Great dinner at the place to see and be seen and no smackeroos needed.
Lift, grunt, snort: If you’re not sweating off the pounds in this heat, or it looks as if it might take some time to get to that playing weight, then YMCA board member Mark Presswood of Innovative Developers Inc. has come to your aid. He talked with the board and convinced them to offer three 3-month memberships to the newly remodeled, newly renovated, newly great downtown Y. There are weights, aerobics, basketball, racquetball, a track, a pool and more. So, sing along: Y-M-C-A!
For new moms? This giveaway might be great for you moms about to deliver that bundle of baby joy. Mary Oliver of Home Pros Handyman & Restoration Services is offering “whatever” it can do in two hours. So, let Mary and staff take over the last hour of your delivery. Or they could do more mundane stuff such as change out a light fixture, re-caulk, clean out gutters, etc…
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For more than a decade, the Chamber has taken part in the Vital Links program that gives junior high students exposure to a business environment. This year, 7th graders Isaiah Miller, Katrina Moore and Joshua Porter saw Fort Worth behind the scenes. Their five-day schedule included meeting with several of the Chamber staff to learn what they do, attending a City Council meeting and touring City Hall, Fort Worth Convention Center and The Fort Worth Club.
As a finale to the week, the students presented their favorite memories to staff at a celebration party. Doris Becker, administrative assistant at the Chamber, organized the students’ activities.
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Wheels for meals: Event entrepreneur Marti Ludwig of Promotions by Marti –her tagline is It’s Not a PARTY without MARTI – is organizing the July 11 Handley’s Ideal Talent Show to benefit a local non-profit. Not sure what Ideal Talent is, but the winner gets $100 and an audition to perform in a Johnnie High show. If you have no talent, you can go see those who might. We have two sets of two tickets for the really big show.
Skating on thin ice: Dena Walts works days at Expanco. At night, she’s RedRum Rebel, a knock-’em, sock-’em roller derby player for the High Seas Hotties in the Dallas Derby Devils league. Sources close to Dena say her son thinks it’s cool, but her daughter is embarrassed to death. Next game is July 11.
Name game: Meet Heisha Freeman, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Concept Keys. “I get a ton of questions about my name. It was created by my parents by combining He and She; it’s pronounced [Hay’sha] and rhymes with the Japanese Geisha or the name Stacia. My mother was named Mary and grew up hating it. She vowed that her daughter would not have a common name. Thanks mom!” Oh, BTW, Concept Keys is a learning system utilized by three sectors: corporations, educators and entrepreneurs.
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How do you spell r-e-l-i-e-f? New Chamber member William Butler heads World Relief, so Mr. B went to him looking for local relief from his 13 editors and measly pay from boss Miserly Mistress. He wanted to help, but couldn’t. He said his nonprofit is churches at work providing comfort and/or relocation to the world’s poor and suffering.
Just wondering: If we only need to exercise 20 minutes a day, how come it’s called 24-Hour Fitness?
Milk money: A well-known milk company is the new title sponsor of the National Cutting Horse Association's $4 million World Championship Futurity, cutting’s most prestigious event and the first jewel in the sport’s Triple Crown. Wonder if the sponsor's target market is the cutters or the calves?
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Strollin’: The Amon Carter Museum is promoting an interactive tour July 31 for new parents --babies and strollers welcome – and the stay-at-homes that need mental stimulation and adult conversation. If you haven’t been out and are going, may Mr. B recommend the piece, Attention, Company! It’s his Carter fav.
More wonderin’: If Fort Worth-Dallas is No. 2 in Relocation.com’s national ranking of "best cities for a fresh start," does that mean if No. 1 Austin is too weird you come here?
Flowerin’: Real School Gardens already has 57 growing and flowing in the area.
River rapids: The blitz is on for the Tarrant County College District’s new Trinity River Campus, open now but more officially in August. Media blitz includes billboards, print ads, direct mail postcards to prospective students, Internet presence (newly redesigned and launched website) bus benches and more. The theme is “Trinity River Campus – Here and Now!”
American Idol: The film crew from TV’s No. 1-rated show, in Arlington last week for tryouts, bought rights to film footage at Billy Bob’s Texas last Thursday, including the line dance lessons. It will be B Roll (filler footage) when the Arlington tryouts are shown next season .
Don’t Dodge(r) the fun: Mr. B isn’t on Facebook and doesn’t blog or Twitter because Da Chamber is worried about an unedited B. But if you want to follow him this holiday weekend, he’ll be at LaGrave Field Friday for The Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest, which is a carnival-like baseball atmosphere that is free from 4-7 p.m. On Saturday, from 5:30-10ish p.m. is Fort Worth ’s Fourth, a festival involving live music, water shows, games and activities. There are firework shows after the games all three nights.
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Conquering the digital divide: Chamber Leads Group FWNEXUS, which meets every Wednesday for lunch at Pop’s Safari Room, has a website (fwnexus.com) and has linked with meetup.com.
In this corner…Chicken salad aficionados and judges Mr. B, son NoBGood and his girlfriend, Soon-to-B(?), sat down to a plate of the chicken salad specialties from Z’s Café to Corporate Kitchen and Catering to determine who boldly could claim Best in Town. Mr. B picked one, NoBGood picked the other and Soon-to-B picked…both. She’s a chickennnnn!
Bringing Sexy Back: When Mr. B asked Joseph Paul DeWoody about the Pendragon Oil name, he didn’t realize that Joseph and Justin Timberlake were Six Degrees of Separation related. First, though, Pendragon means "head dragon" or "chief dragon" from King Arthur’s days. More recently, Arthur Pendragon was “Artie” in the Shrek films and voiced by Timberlake.
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One-a-day for your health: To be as smooth as Mr. B, you need a smoothie daily. May he suggest you visit Rod Stanhope and Berriblu on Camp Bowie. And may he recommend the blueberry/banana, which goes down smooth.
Eats beat: Anybody else wish they had Bud Kennedy’s Star-Telegram foodie job? Whose job would you like to have? |  |
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