I'm back from an incredible vacation through Europe and Northern Africa. First of all, I gotta give credit where credit is due. Huge props to Coley for being the lone force kicking Dressmonkey in the butt these past few weeks. His well documented adventures on the frontlines of China's textile industry, laughable as they may seem, has undoubtedly been much harder on the soul than my caravanning across Europe. DressMonkey has taken a huge step forward with Operation Meet My Monkey, and Coley deserves most of that credit.

Anyways, I'd like to offer up some tidbits of advice and important revelations I picked up during my travels:

- There's nothing more entertaining than being in Portugal, Germany, and France while their teams compete in semi's of the World Cup
- My pronunciation of French words is god-awful
- If you enjoy museums you'll love Berlin
- Moroccan salad is abslolutely delicious
- Switzerland is way too damn beautiful, but also way too damn expensive
- The premium you'll pay for a blazer in Paris will make you wanna scream DRESSMONKEY

Perhaps the only disappointment during my travels happened at the night market in Marrakech, when I had the chance to take a picture with a monkey. Sure, I'd have gone against the local guide's advice (and my mom's doctorly advice) and risked the chance of contracting something gnarly had the monkey bitten me or strached me, much less breathed in my general direction. But just imagine the incredible PR opportunity I squandered -- the guy behind this dirty idea called DressMonkey posing with a much dirtier Mr. Bojangles African monkey and its caretaker, whom by the looks of it was probably even the dirtiest of us all!!!

Alas, I'm home safe and disease free.

Now, time to help Coley and launch our company!