On Sunday, May 27, in honor of its 75th birthday, the Golden Gate Bridge was featured in the Google Doodle. The celebration is a big deal, though one person interviewed on television noted how it is weird to celebrate a bridge that enabled car travel over the bay, yet you… more »
Oklahoma! Apparently Not OK in China…
May 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Oklahoma! Not OK in China I was reading the weekend version of The Wall Street Journal when I came upon a surprising story out of Beijing. According to the author of the piece, Wayne Ma, about an hour before the curtain was to go up on the opening of a… more »
I Ran: Cape Cod Potato Chips & Singing Seagulls
May 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Sam Thielman of Adweek did a write-up about the new ad for Cape Cod Potato Chips that features CGI seagulls singing the Flock of Seagulls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flock_of_Seagulls) song, “I Ran (So Far Away).” Very clever! Lots of images popped to mind. Clearly East Coast gulls are a lot more fun to… more »
Much Ado About Wrigley…
May 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, was a trending topic this week. On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal ran a column under the headline, “Why Wrigley Field Must Be Destroyed,” which stirred things up. Apparently, Cubs fan, Rich Cohen believes the only way to end the team’s nearly a… more »
Next Trend – Fashion Trucks…
May 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The San Francisco Chronicle highlighted a growing trend in last Sunday’s paper: Fashion Trucks. If the idea of a tricked out F150 came to mind, erase it. The story was a grand example of the adjacent possible: from food truck to “boutique-on-wheels” fashion truck. Interesting, eh? I thought so. Extremely… more »
