Michael Gaffney?s varied career, culminating in a thriving, coast-to-coast chain of floral design schools, has been guided largely by whims — not to mention a remarkable talent for landing solidly on his feet no matter where his impulses have propelled him.
Consider: As a fine arts major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he joined a bus trip to New York organized by the school to tour the art museums there. He promptly fell in love with the city and declined to get back on the bus for the return trip to the Midwest.