Tommie brought this to our attention. The USA Olympic hockey team (men and women) has a logo on its uniform that looked really, really familiar. So he did some digging. According to the Union Pacific website, its shield is “one of the nation’s most respected and recognized corporate logos; a… more »
Legos are Ready for Their Close-Up…
February 3, 2014 by 1 Comment
Heading into the weekend, we were drawn to a story about “The Lego Movie” that appeared in The Wall Street Journal. When we saw the television ad for it, we laughed because we figured it was just a 90-commercial for Legos appearing in a slow month (February). However, the article… more »
It’s a Wonderful Mystery…
December 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The headline read, “Is Seneca Falls, N.Y., a ‘Wonderful’ site?” There are folks who strongly believe that George Bailey, the lead in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” lived in this quaint upstate New York town. Well, according to our mate, it’s “non importa.” Frankie had just started Liberty Films… more »
Tough Business: Studio Does the Wrong Thing…
November 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
When we read the article from last Sunday’s New York Times on Spike Lee’s new movie, “Oldboy,” we all were irate. The movie is a “reinterpretation” of Park Chanwook’s 2003 cult classic of the same title. In the original, there is an intense fight scene that was shot in one… more »
Notable Quotable on Hospitality…
November 26, 2013 by 2 Comments
The book that has bubbled up to the top of our reading pile is Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality by Danny Meyer (founder and co-owner of 11 of Manhattan’s most influential restaurants, including Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Tabla, The Modern, Blue Smoke, and Shake Shack). This… more »
