An early Sunday 10K through Tbilisi with the Caucasus Translations team: golden-hour streets, a different 2026 route, the Bridge of Peace and a 1:03 finish. Useful notes for future Tbilisi Marathon runners included.
A real accidental 100-share MCD trade: covered-call choices, position sizing, assignment risk, and why immediately reversing the trade was financially rational.
A personal account of our September 2026 Chalaadi Glacier hike from Mestia, with realistic route notes, family considerations, drone photography and a short look at the glacier’s retreat.
Samshvilde is one of those places that looks close enough to Tbilisi for an easy day out, then feels much further away once you leave the city behind. This was our second proper attempt…
Ireland movie is out! Or at the start of summer, back in June, we traveled to Ireland for the GALA Conference, bringing together people from across the translation industry. Straight from the airport, we…
The last week of May turned into one of those spontaneous Georgian adventures that are difficult to plan but impossible to forget.It began after Renée returned from an overnight stay with her classmates at…
A losing short put creates an uncomfortable question: should you close the position, roll it, accept assignment, or add another options structure in an attempt to improve the trade?One possibility is to sell a…
Today, after looking over one of our properties in western Latvia, I invited representatives from the local Swedish-owned forestry company Sveaskog Baltfor to estimate the cost of clearing the overgrown bushes from the property.I…
Recently, I added Bank of America stock to our long-term stock portfolio after selling a cash-secured put on BAC.This was not a random trade. I have been selling options and investing with Bank of…
During my recent visit to Chiatura, I stopped at one of the city’s scenic viewing platforms — and it turned out to be one of the best places to overlook the entire town from…
I have been living in Georgia as an expat since 2011. Over the years, I have seen many initiatives come and go - investment programs, startup incentives, real estate trends, banking opportunities, crypto mining,…
Another awesome weekend is in the books.This time we picked up Latvian pilgrim Helmuts Noviks and headed west from Tbilisi toward one of the strangest and most fascinating regions in Georgia - Chiatura. But…