Love Notes from the Abyss
My cape needed cleaning so I stopped by the mailbox. There it was, the dinosaur of communications: a hand-written note. Yes snail mail, not an e-mail or a text–an enigmatic scribble that has spun my mind in a million directions. Hey, Mo-Mo. Remember when I came up with that nickname for you? Oh, I […]
World Portraits: Sabkha
Umm Said, Qatar…Sabkha is an Arabic name for a salt-flat or very saline areas of sand or silt lying just above the water-table. The salt crust can easily support the weight of a human and sometimes cars. While unseen in the image, a solid desert of white sand sits only yards beyond the flat.
Perseverance
There is a repulsive trend in society that we need to stomp out like a dandelion before it spreads. Psychologists call it the “Wow, look what I did!” syndrome. Then, there are others who humbly support the world at large, like Adnan. Adnan Gill: A hero of perseverance Last year, I was volunteering at a charity […]
World Travels: Open Again
As Lebanon searches for ways to bring the country and tourism back, it turns to the food that made it famous, while giving an emphatic YES to the question: Will food be Lebanon’s savior? Beirut has always been kind to me. Eating has always been a guilty pleasure where the only thing more exciting than […]
In Case You Missed Them…Stories You’ll Like
Greetings from the grill. Yes, the last day of the season. Time to put away the whites and close your pool. Only a few issues. Half the United States is flooded. The other half is burning and the last half is on fire…literally. Yeah I know, that’s three halves, which only works if you are […]
Huge Food – What’s a Media Guy to Do?
Blueberry Muffin Then: 1.5 ounces, 210 calories Now: 5 ounces, 500 calories I ran across Katie Robbins who’s a writer for Psychology Today, theatlantic.com, LA Weekly, among others and she had some choice words for the food preparers of America. Her take is simple: Why are we being fed so much?! “With bucket-sized […]
World Portraits: Catered Coffee
In the center of the grand souk in the shadows of the massive sandstone minarets, stands Ahmed. For 30 years the “human drinking fountain,” as he is known, has provided sparkling cupfuls of liquid relief from the hot desert days. He says that shoppers, who repeatedly visit him throughout the day feel as if they […]
Dust Off Your Capes
Hail ye Spiderman, Superman, Batman. Time to dust off your capes and come out and play. Super heroes, and acting like one, have long been a running theme in The Media Guy Struggles. Connecting with your favorite hero just go easier. I know that few of you realize, but August 28, is the second annual […]
WORLD TRAVELS: Saudi’s Ahwah Arabiyah
It was time…We started exchanging “Coffee?” emails last January with the search for good coffee as our excuse to travel the world. For us there isn’t a better Internet moment than receiving that first email with “Coffee?” in the subject heading. As we get older there are only three of us left: MacD, Hops and […]
Foreign Work
The allure of Europe for media and marketing certainly makes sense; there are so many markets looking for smooth ideas and polished programs. Unfortunately, sometimes taking your talents to the land of the Euro isn’t as cushy as it sounds. Romania’s Arcul de Triumf, a replication of Paris’ Arc de Triomphe. It seems that only […]
