Daniela:::Deux
Two weeks ago I posted a few of the letters from my readers in my annual mail sack column and while I didn’t post any of the correspondence about Flight Girl Daniela, I did feel guilty looking back. After all, my interview with the flight attendant with a world of sass is by far the […]
Drink Like a Mad Man
I have never missed an episode of Mad Men. No one quite gets this about me. However, if you only knew how similar this show is to the PR guy world I lived as a kid — even down to the Joan P. Harris (née Holloway) type that used to sashay down the halls of […]
The Media Guy’s Sack
Has it been that long? Over a year since I grabbed my sack…of mail? As usual, I resisted and resisted, but the mailbox is overflowing and alas, you need answers. So, without fanfare, here are the highlights of genuine emails from my irreverent readers. Question: Knife to your throat, who’s the next sweetheart of American […]
SPOILER ALERT
You could spend a lifetime catching up on movies you’ve missed with tricky endings. Now you can save yourself the time from watching such cinematic masterpieces such as “Citizen Kane,” “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Harry Potter” and “Soylent Green” by peeking in at “Spoiler Alert!” from Screen Junkies. And, just a tip, don’t sit through […]
Two-wheeled Creatures
Back in 2010, I posted a photo of Mandy Rusillo, the Chicagoland messenger that will be featured in my upcoming book (should be gracious publisher ever stop making changes). In places like New York and Chicago, the media folks would (almost) literally die without their messengers to shuttle final art around town. I wrote then […]
Going Retro
Orange may be the new black and 50 may be the new 30, but the new rage is anything retro. Paris-based art director David Redon took a page from Disney Imagineering, letting his mind (and apparently PhotoShop) wander into the print media world inserting some of the best-known performing artists of the last dozen or […]
A Whale of An Opera
Some of the greatest characters in history were all wrapped up in their obsession with whales. Ahab chased one. Jonah was swallowed by one. Pinocchio lit a fire inside one to escape. Nowadays, millions of people worldwide congregate on shore or hop on a boat just to see one. Bird-watching aside, the Middle East is […]
