entertainment, shopping information, social notes, classified ads and that sort of thing. The Guidepost was born and was, at first at least, distributed free to the tourists, the permanently retired, and the Americans and English living in Madrid who worked with private business concerns or with the U.S. Armed Services. The Guidepost is printed on good paper, has excellent art work and draws down a respectable amount of advertising both display and classified. To give you an idea of its contents I list the following sections and articles: Nightclubs and Dancing, Bars and Cafes, Restaurants, Coffee Shops, Motion Pictures in English, Spots, Concerts, Art Exhibitions, Museums, The Social Side, Fallas of Valencia, Recipe of the Week, Directory Service, Classified Ads. Dan Lowell, who originally came to Spain to work for one of the contractors building U.S. bases in this country, blows hot and cold on whether or not to charge for the magazine and perhaps by the time this is read The Guidepost will no longer be a giveaway. Could you bring out such a publication? It's roughly the same deal as Case History No. 1, although there is certainly more work involved in doing a weekly magazine that there is in an annual guide. Personally, the annual guide idea appeals to me the more—but then I'm on the lazy side when it comes to working hard for nothing more important than money. Next: Chapter 10 - France
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