This week marked the passing one of the best comedians of all time. Dom DeLouise. Truly a master of characters, improvisation, and general insanity, he was the inspiration of an entire generation of “new” comedians such as Robin Williams and Billy Crystal. I had the pleasure once of seeing Dom…
Tom Hanks may be playing the part of a symbologist named Robert Langdon in the soon to be released film Angels & Demons, but the character is actually named after John Langdon, the typographer. John Langdon was approached by Dan Brown’s father—an admirer of Langdon’s work—and asked to prepare an…
In a recent article in the LA Times, writer Mike Dorning speaks about Jon Favreau, the president’s storyteller in chief. Favreau makes it clear that one of the key elements that enables Obama to communicate so powerfully is story. “Favreau has explained their joint approach to friends simply: ‘Tell a…
I have written previously about invisible quality–that quality that most (good) creative firms provide that makes invisible the effort and skill that goes into making top quality creative. Now, of course, the question comes to mind, if our efforts at delivering quality are aimed, at least partly, at making the…
As marketers we are service providers. As service providers it has been often said that the best service is “invisible,” that the client sees the results and gains the service, but doesn’t (and, perhaps, shouldn’t) see the effort involved. Now, if this is true, when it comes to marketing, how…
Here are some pics from inauguration day! 5am: On the Metro to the inauguration 5:30am: Inside the Federal Center Metro station 6:30am: In line at the silver gate entrance It was so early, the sun hadn’t come up yet! The sun finally came up … you can see the crowd…
WOW. That’s all I can say. The inauguration ceremony was absolutely amazing. And the crowd…there were so many people of every age and race; it was quite a sight. I have some great pics and stories, but I’m recuperating at the moment and need to sleep desperately. And we’re driving…
We’re at our viewing spot–unfortunately, we can’t view anything! It is so crowded!!! We are close enough that I got some good pics of the Capitol building but not close enough that we’ll be able to see Obama. We’re here not necessarily to have the best view, but to have…
As an African-American, this inauguration is especially momentous. The fact we are swearing-in our country’s first Black president; I can’t tell you how much this means to all of my relatives, friends, and the Black community as a whole. Some have compared Barack Obama to Dr. King — some have…
Well, today was a busy day! First, we went to see Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple) at a small restaurant/bar/lounge called Busboys and Poets in downtown. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get in (the place was PACKED!!!!) but I did get some good photos of her through the…
