by Cami Hofstadter | Dec 16, 2013 | Posted December 16, 2013
Consulate general is the office of a consul general. Just like you wouldn’t say about someone that he’s a law office you cannot call a person in the consular service a “consulate.” A consul general is the head of post, which is the...
by Cami Hofstadter | Dec 11, 2013 | Posted December 11, 2013
Recently, a person shared a story about how he called a local consulate with a trade inquiry relating to the country that the consul represents. When he was surprised over the helpful advice he got I told him about commercial activities being a major part of consular...
by Cami Hofstadter | Oct 21, 2013 | Posted October 21, 2013
As a golfer, I got a real laugh out of reading about Davie Golf Course (between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale) that’s added the position of Ambassador of Fun to its management (well, OK, if you really want to be picky about it, Dave Harris, who holds that title...
by Cami Hofstadter | Oct 17, 2013 | Posted October 17, 2013
You can imagine how excited I was when I learned about the selection. Here’s the “scoop” … As the former manager of Microsoft Network’s Books and Reading Community, Steve Brock has a large following of book fans who read his monthly list of recommendations, which has...
by Cami Hofstadter | Oct 14, 2013 | Posted October 14, 2013, Theme 2, Foreign Consuls Among Us
Is a consul also counsel or a council? It never stops to amaze me how “everyone” (sorry about my choice of such a broad concept) seems to remain confused about the main term for a foreign consul. While some people may argue it doesn’t matter if you refer to such an...
