NJ Oliva

I Counsel, I Develop Business, I Cultivate Your Brand's Voice. Therefore I Am... asking that you follow me.

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

Sorry I missed your call, but I'm not taking your calls or heading back there for a little while. 😄 Think B.B. King: "If the phone ain't ringin', you know it's me!"

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

The original "American Express" cards. 😄 ... and the Tiffany & CO 150th Anniversary pen. Don't leave home without it.

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

A simply perfect day at the ranch. We've STILL yet to walk or ride the entire thing. But, no need to account for cattle today. Scouring 10,000 acres is NOT in the cards! 😄♠️♥️♦️♣️

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

First visit to the West Wing for a new administration. Many friendly faces but a little dizzying. 20 years coming-n-going and the tingle never wears off.

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

Wake up, Biscuit! POTUS is making a few remarks. 😄 Later? OK. Party's over. Back to work, everyone.

Y'all take care of X for me while I'm gone for a bit. Wish I could hang longer.

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

@JoJoFromJerz @WhiteHouse @MuellerSheWrote @IAmPoliticsGirl @HC_Richardson @harryjsisson @chrisdmowrey @BMeiselas That's pretty cool, Jo. 👍 If you get to missing it in the next four years, I'll get you back for lunch in the West Wing Navy Mess. This used to be at knee-level at the center roundtable if POTUS needed it. It's mine now. 😄🤣

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

VERY chilly 🥶 evening sail. ⛵️ Only boat on the lake, last outing of the season, first winter storm rolling in. Just enough breeze to get back to our dock. Dillon Yacht Club. World's Highest. 9017 ft.

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

When your 92-year-old Dad says he's craving a Guinness first thing in the morning, you figure it out. Cheers, Pancho! #BritishBulldogDenver

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

Freedom is riding wild over untamed land without a notion any moment exists beyond the one you are living. But perfection only lives in little wisps of time. Then, the world becomes imperfect again.

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

Say you've been laying in wait at your ranch since first-light without saying your damn bear isn't going to show! 😄

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

@JoJoFromJerz I don't know anything about "Mt. Fascist," but I'll still be in the WH 6 or 8 days a month. Suit you? 😄

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

This very evening, nine Octobers ago @ThePalmDC. Thankful the lights are still on at our K Street and Denver offices the last 16 years, and counseling complex interests and governments here and abroad. Heck, it only took 28 years to get noticed! That's about 158 in DC-years.😆

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

Alright. I'm up. Willie and Kacey have got me in a mood now. I think I'll head into town to find a crooked pool table on a dusty floor propping up an ice-cold Dos Equis Ambar Especial with a Patron Reposado sidekick.

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

If you're pinned down on a Saturday morning, let it be a buttery 30 lb bison hide doing the job! Lights on at 0500, alarm off at 0501. I needed this.

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

One of the toughest conference rooms I've ever worked. Senegal. Landmines. Casamance. 40-year conflict, and they're still splattering folks. Yet, driving north to Serrekunda after was even MORE tense. Oh yeah, I also saw thieves 🔥 burned 🔥 alive as punishment.

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

There's nothing like a SCOTUS hangout after a late java ☕️. The first Monday in October is closing in! 📚 Lights, Camera, Justice! 🐢 And yikes! Me on the right. Would a sit-up or two kill me? 😄😅

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

Back at the homestead, feeding a hungry crew, and no hazardous destinations for a while! C'mon. I'll pour you a Cafécito de Olla. ☕️ Crispy bacon OK? 🥓

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

We're loaded for bear!
Literally.

[NJ Oliva @CapStepsConsult]

Ahhhhh... there's no place like home.