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And Maison Premiere, a New Orleans-style oyster bar in Brooklyn, has me wondering just how hard it would be to plaster all the walls of my very modern apartment. So to make up for the anxiety I’m causing him, I’ll take him on an imaginary date night to Brooklyn, New York. (Which, considering it is imaginary, is absolutely no consolation whatsoever.) I first heard about Maison Premiere because, of all people, Vanessa Hudgens mentions it as a major source of inspiration during her home tour.

David Barnea in 2023 (US Embassy Jerusalem, CC2.0, via Wikimedia Commons).David Barnea, nicknamed ‘Dedi’, has been the director of Israel's Mossad foreign intelligence agency since 2021. Early life David Barnea was born in 1965. He enlisted in the IDF in 1983 and served in the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit. He subsequently earned a Bachelor’s degree from the New York Institute of Technology and an MBA from Pace University. He then worked at an investment bank in Israel as a business manager.

David Dollar, who passed away on October 6, was the World Bank’s country director for China and Mongolia from 2004 to 2009.  David was also my boss, mentor, and friend and we remained in regular touch ever since our days in Beijing.  David was an outstanding economist who believed in fact-based dialogue, and who dedicated his working life to research on development, on China, and on the increasingly fraught US-China relationship.

David F. WatsonI'm Professor of New Testament and Academic Dean at United Theological Seminary and an elder in the Global Methodist Church. I edit Firebrand Magazine (www.firebrandmag.com) and am one of the hosts of the Firebrand Podcast. I'm on X at @utsdoc. ncG1vNJzZmirpZfAta3CpGWcp51kjaWt1aKbn6%2BRqcCwupI%3D

David Hogg speaks during March for Our Lives 2022 on June 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for March For Our Lives.Today, it is my privilege to interview gun safety activist David Hogg as a guest on the Big Q&A. A survivor of the Parkland shooting, David has turned his experience into activism, not just founding March For Our Lives, but now launching a new PAC devoted to inspiring the next generation to run for office.

Today I noticed the billboard of David Komie, an attorney in Austin who breaks the conventional lawyer mold with his dreadlocks and “rocker” appearance. His unique branding makes him appealing to a demographic that might otherwise be disenchanted with the legal process. The creative lesson I took from this Noticing is that daring to be unconventional in your field can resonate strongly with a particular audience. Artists and writers can benefit from this kind of bold branding, challenging the status quo to attract a devoted following.

Subscribe now This Substack is based on a long-standing blog called www.adventurousinvestor.com. It’s aimed at the private investor and their advisors and is all based on my first-hand experience of investing. NOTE – many of the investment ideas I talk about here probably feature in my own portfolio. My main focus on this SubStack is on introducing private investors to adventurous investment ideas. What does this mean in practice? I’d identify several core themes:

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Happy heavenly birthday to David Jones and Michael Nesmith, born same day different years, and a study in how seemingly disparate talents collide. They were paired and will be forever enshrined in The Monkees, the 1960s made-for-TV pop/rock band framed in multi-media, comedy, and music—what John Lennon called “the rock’n’roll Marx Brothers.” Davy’s contract with Colgems shoe-d him in to be the primary actor for The Monkees, which joined him to another actor who could play music (Micky Dolenz) and 2 musicians who could act (Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork).