The Golden Age of Flying
My recent talk with Daniela the Flight Girl spurred my nostalgia about what flying was like back in the day. I remember those Mad Men episode with Don Draper was winging it to the coast with Roger Sterling with the suit coats still buttoned and stewardess with gloves on taking drink orders. Today is a little […]
Summer Travel: airberlin to Germany
[October 27, 2017]….NOTE TO READERS: airberlin has ceased flying. Well, it was fun while it lasted. Okay, so where am I? Have you ever been in the middle of a fairly tale? Where can you plan a trip that could indulge you in ways you never thought is possible? There’s a place on earth that […]
Emirates Airlines has Jumped the Shark
Full disclosure. It pains me to do this critique. I’ve flown Emirates Airlines many times and love their business class services and economy class entertainment. But really, their print advertising has crossed over and jumped the shark. Mary Wells, architect of the Braniff “End of the Plain Plane” ad campaign, is certainly sitting in her […]
The Dreaded Casting Call
Advertising is my life. That’s well noted. Looking back on some of the big hits over the decades reveals how billions of dollars spent on ad time can perpetuate falsehoods and dig holes that even workers in FDR’s New Deal jobs program couldn’t fill: -Fifty years ago ads for cigarettes were everywhere and endorsed by […]
Nicki Minaj took my seat in business class, plus a visit with Flight Girl Daniela!
Okay, so where am I? I’m down on the ground once again. And not a second too soon because flying coach is a special trip to hell. I have to tell you that years of flying business and first class has spoiled me to the point where I need my mimosa before taking off or […]
