The Saga of the Five Euro Nescafé
Dear Iberia Airlines: That was a neat little trick you pulled off on my recent flight. I mean pull around the coffee, tea, and juice service cart and ask politely if I want an ice cold Coca-Cola or perhaps a zumo de manzana so fresh I’d feel like I picked it myself and ran it […]
Sweaty Globes
Kathy Bates, Diane Kruger, The Clooneys and Helen Mirren all supported with Hashtag Activism. Okay, so where am I? I’m writing from this from one of the quasi VIP lounges at LAX (destination?: Parts Unknown) on this fancy, new vintage writing accessory from Querkywriter (no, this is not a paid endorsement…). You know, there is […]
Vision Dreams of Passion
Okay, so where am I? I’m in the middle of Hollywood with some interns (no, not Lewinsky-types, actual interns interviewing me for a Pepperdine University thesis they are writing for their masters degrees.) We were at a Starbucks because I was still reeling from losing $100 in the office pool. I bet all my M&Ms […]
Travel Companions
Ok. The Media Guy has always hated two things about press junkets: Assembling press kits (yes, we still use paper kits because the media reads on paper and takes copy points from the flash drive) and, Packing a suitcase (I roll with a 22” Hartmann beauty and it can still be a struggle.) I mean, […]
OSCAR WEEK 2012: The Pink and Green Update
Score another round to social media. photo credit Scott Garfield ©Disney Enterprises Many of you emailed me pointing to the Twitter campaigns advocating Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy become the host of the 84th Oscars. Billy Crystal was ultimately tabbed to replace Eddie Murphy, but the people were heard as the hyper green frog […]