It was blah blah bland. Niche travel is coming into focus and the people who know something about it will sell some travel. I think a travel agency that focuses on niche travel can sell you a ticket to Paris.

When Ralph Rubio started 23 years ago with one small restaurant in Mission Bay, people would travel from all corners of the county to savor one of our Original Fish Tacos. Rubio's fish tacos quickly became a phenomenon and started a huge new trend in all segments of Mexican restaurants. We now have 43 locations in San Diego alone where our guests can experience what we believe is the best-tasting, best-priced Baja-inspired cuisine available. We're pleased to make a visit to Rubio's more convenient for this community.

After that, we hope a 'pipeline' of teams from North Carolina will be able to travel to the Gulf area to help with recovery and rebuilding ministries,

You can put the most beautiful ad ever created in the most appropriate magazine ever printed but it will never have the impact of a well-written story. I wish we could slash our advertising budget and put all our money in public relations.

In September, I'm certain they will be down.

You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.