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The Diplomat’s Diplomat…plus a new epilogue: “The Real Story”!

November 16, 2009
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You may have noticed some trends in our product names: basically, all our products are named after travel related things. Wallets are named after international drinks, our toiletry cases are tropical beach destinations, and our bags – travel professions. Most names are straight from our twisted minds here at the studio. Others are from nagging [...]

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Dual Citizenship: 2 IS better than 1.

April 29, 2009
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This post is a bit of a pay-it-forward. A random meeting in the gym led to me gaining my dual nationality so, it’s the least I can do to pass on the word and hopefully help someone else. I recently regained my Belgian nationality which gives me dual Belgian/American nationality.  I didn’t waste any time [...]

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Delayed Reaction

March 26, 2009
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I want the title  “Punk before Punk was Punk”. Unfortunately I am way too  late, and the NY Times already gave the title to a band with the cute little name, Death.
Actually, I am probably not even punk by most people’s standards. So, I’ll have to settle for “35 years too late, and way off [...]

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The Slow Way Home

March 15, 2009
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Our friend Paul is in the middle of an epic journey. I call Paul a friend but we have actually only hung out once. We got along great, but I have learned a lot more about him and his outlook through his accounts of his current adventure and our long distance communications.
Paul is originally from [...]

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