April 2011 Newsletter

            Thomas R. Lawrence   Capital Consultants   456 South 10th Street   Opelika, AL 36801   334-737-2727 tom@cap-consult.com   As I See It!TM     The Newsletter for   Capital Consultants Company April 2011         Volume 2, Number 4 […]

Galatoire’s

Galatoire’s  Last month we visited Antoine’s Restaurant and tasted the traditional 1950’s haute cuisine in a trip down memory lane. This month I want to talk about another old New Orleans establishment that has maintained its traditional elegance and yet adapted to the twenty-first century. Galatoire’s was founded […]

March 2011 Newsletter

            Thomas R. Lawrence   Capital Consultants   456 South 10th Street   Opelika, AL 36801   334-737-2727 tom@cap-consult.com   As I See It!TM The Newsletter for   Capital Consultants Company  March 2011         Volume 2, Number 3     […]

January 2011 Newsletter

    Thomas R. Lawrence Capital Consultants 456 South 10th Street Opelika, AL 36801 334-737-2727 tom@cap-consult.com As I See It! The Newsletter for Capital Consultants Company January 2011 Volume 2, Number 1 In This Issue: Welcome from Tom Business News As I Like it!TM New Orleans Part 2 […]

2010 Football

The 2010 regular season has come to a close and several things are clear. Cam Newton is the best football player I have ever seen and he makes Auburn the number one team in America. Auburn is not the best football team I have ever seen, that distinction […]

New Orleans Part 1

If you grew up in Mississippi in the 1950’s, your world was defined by two cities of which neither was within the State. There was Memphis on the northern border, just barely across the Tennessee line, and New Orleans to the South. If you lived north of Jackson […]

December 2010

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! There is a saying that one should take what one needs from a situation and leave the rest without resentment. That is how I try to approach the Holiday Season. I love the music, the decorations, gift giving and all of the good food. I love […]

November 2010

The frost is on the pumpkin and football season is coming to a conclusion. Speaking of pumpkins makes one marvel at the unexpected transformation of Nick Saban’s royal coach to just another gourd. The undefeated Auburn Tigers turned the momentum in Alabama completely around. Now it’s time to […]

Jimmy’s Opelika, AL

As a general rule I will not be reviewing restaurants unless they have a dish or two that might be candidates for best in class. In previous newsletters I talked about The Cozy Corner, Morris’s BBQ and Doe’s Eat Place, all of which excel in their specialties.   […]