On 12th September 2007, the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, visited the Spiritual Care Centre at Dzogchen Beara. It was truly an unforgettable day. President McAleese is the first Head of State to visit a Rigpa Centre anywhere in the world. Wouldn’t it be great if all speeches…were as moving as this one by the…
The Congressional Gold Medal award is being presented to His Holiness the Dalai Lama “ …in recognition of his enduring and outstanding contribution to peace, non-violence, human rights, and religious understanding.” Congress has passed a resolution permitting the International Campaign for Tibet to sponsor a public event on the Capitol grounds in connection with the…
Riehlife: My blog is about connection and cultures and art. How do you see these themes relating in your business in the hospitality industry? Theo: The culture of business and the culture of people always are connected. My favorite example? The Carlton has been getting rave reviews from guests ever since our reopening, which means,…
Today, October 15th, bloggers around the web unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind – the environment. Every blogger posts about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking towards a better future. What would happen if every blog published posts…
PEACE THROUGH TRAVEL AND WORLD CELEBRATIONS LISTINGS Riehlife: I was really impressed by a sign in the Carlton lobby that listed holidays all around the world and the slogan “Peace through travel.” Could you tell us more about this? Theo McKinney: Thank you for that! Keeping these world celebrations posted was my idea actually, and,…
The Hotel Carleton is: enchanting, international, eclectic, cheerful, and bohemian. So is Guest Experience Specialist Theo McKinney. Maybe that’s why the two are a well suited and fitted. Riehlife: Theo, as you know my brief encounter with you at the Hotel Carlton was a highlight of my recent visit to San Francisco because of the…
On my recent trip to San Francisco I stayed at the Hotel Carlton and met a wonderful young man behind the desk the first night of my visit. Theo McKinney has agreed to be my guest on Riehlife. We’re starting by discussing the books on the coffee tables in the hotel lobby and will continue…
A metrolink ride from the St. Louis airport and a longish walk with my luggage took me back to my apartment around 1 a.m. Tuesday morning, shifting from the Southwest to the Midwest. My homecoming was like an enjammed rhyme in a poem with news of a friend in the hospital for heart surgery and…
I’m flying home to St. Louis today, heart filled with the Southwest. I’ve been able to visit dear friends from New Mexico days, spend time with my 96-year-old Cousin Lyle, and travel to a new part of New Mexico (Mountainaire) and make new friends as part of the poetry workshop and the Poets & Writers…
After dinner (that’s the mid-day meal in the country, folks) on the back eating porch, my father rested his eyes gazing outdoors to the garden and the hemlock tree. “I planted that tree 60 years ago,” Pop said, “It’s grown some. I can remember the day I planted it. We had some hemlocks for sale,…