Sorry: For the prolonged silence. Problems with blogger and my laptop, and absolutely nothing to do with the fact that over a long weekend in Barcelona and Paris, a normal person might have better things to do than update his blog. Good news for our European readers, though: we selected The Arts in Barcelona for our third annual European SABRE dinner, which will be on May 24 next year. Come, pick up your gold award, then take it down the beach and stay there until you're the same color it is.